Definitions

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  • noun A musical style resembling the waltz, performed in Venezuela and Colombia.
  • noun A Venezuelan dance associated with this music.

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Examples

  • In between telephone calls and announcements of forthcoming government agricultural programs, folkloric music typical of the president's home state - called "joropo" - boomed over loudspeakers.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2012

  • The president's familiar growling baritone rolls over a traditional harp-led "joropo" backing in the song, which praises the exploits of Maisanta, a rebel fighter from whom Chavez claims to be descended.

    Radio New Zealand News Headlines 2008

  • 'joropo' style were folk musicians, it didn't take a lot of sophistication to set the style off from the simpler folk forms.

    Mandolin Cafe News 2009

  • After his speech, he grabbed a microphone and joined a Venezuelan joropo band in singing songs from the rural plains where he grew up.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • After his speech, he grabbed a microphone and joined a Venezuelan joropo band in singing songs from the rural plains where he grew up.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • The compas of Haiti, the cumbia of Colombia, the joropo of Venezuela, the soca of Trinidad, even good old stateside funk -- it all goes in, and what comes out is like a flare of supernova-bright inspiration bursting from Conde's head, not a calculated combination or a formalist exercise.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The compas of Haiti, the cumbia of Colombia, the joropo of Venezuela, the soca of Trinidad, even good old stateside funk -- it all goes in, and what comes out is like a flare of supernova-bright inspiration bursting from Conde's head, not a calculated combination or a formalist exercise.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The compas of Haiti, the cumbia of Colombia, the joropo of Venezuela, the soca of Trinidad, even good old stateside funk -- it all goes in, and what comes out is like a flare of supernova-bright inspiration bursting from Conde's head, not a calculated combination or a formalist exercise.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • A seven-piece band led by harpist and composer Carlos Rojas creates the festive dance music joropo at 11: 30 a.m.

    The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE 2010

  • He plays a customized arpa llanero-an instrument traditionally used for Colombian joropo music, indigenous to the plains of Colombia and Venezuela-that's fitted with two pickups, one for the upper register and one for the lower, to help him articulate distinct simultaneous melody and bass lines.

    Chicago Reader Whet Moser 2010

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