Hive Music Festival | Week, 122 round 2 | "Señor Jou" by Pablo Camacaro

Following up with my covers for the Hive Music Festival in this second round, I've come with one of those pieces that was due as some sort of level up in the playing skills. I have already talked about the genre Danza Zuliana. It is a music genre with some beautiful pieces and some challenging ones. This is a case of the latter.

For today, I have brought a song by Pablo Camacaro. The name of the piece is Señor Jou. I'm not quite sure, but I think this is my first cover of a song by the group Raíces de Venezuela. This music aggrupation is a staple of academic traditional music in the country. They are one of those bastions of a crossover between academy and folklore. Their members have all put together some really amazing compositions. The best part of their story is that they are from different states of the country and they came together to music music from their regions. It is one of those amazing stories on music in Venezuela.

However, I would argue they can't have their signature name because they don't actually make music from the east portion of the country. Anyways, while I was part of one of the musical groups at UDO, I remember playing a lot of their pieces. It was like a thing of the director to be playing these songs. They are not easy. But they are amazing.

Señor Jou in particular has been versioned many times over. The solos for Venezuelan Cuatro are tough because of the jumps in the melody. That makes it even a more coveted song to add to anyone's repertoire. And it was for sure in my list of "need to learn someday". Well, they day came by and here is my cover.

I hope you enjoy it

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