C Major Scale Studies Armonia: A Mariachi Classroom Resource

by Carlos Maldonado

Overview

This is the armonia part/accompaniment to the C Major Scale Studies, a collection of 115 different scale exercises in the key of C Major for the mariachi ensemble. The collection starts in the time signature of 4/4 followed by 3/4 and ends with scales in 2/4. The armonia has accompaniment in lenta, bolero, bolero ritmico, bolero ranchero, danzon, valseada, son, huapango, joropo, y corrida. An optional armonía part is included for the students who are still learning how to switch from chord to chord. The collection would be an excellent accompanying resource for the Rhythm and Melodic Worksheets Book 1 and 2 and the Progressive Armonia Studies book series by the same author; Carlos Maldonado.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781965005583
Publisher:	Carlos Maldonado
Publication date:	01/01/2024
Series:	Carlos Maldonado Mariachi Resources
Pages:	94
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Carlos Maldonado attended and graduated from Southwest Texas State University with a bachelor's degree in Music Education in 2000 and earned his Kodaly Certification in 2004. Carlos has promoted mariachi music and education by being instrumental in the conception of the mariachi program at Texas State University in 1997, the professional group Mariachi Suroeste in 1998 and the mariachi program at Hays CISD in 2001. Relying on his years of mariachi education experience, Carlos has been providing his compositions of mariachi repertoire, exercises and song arrangements to educators and musicians across the nation. Carlos is in his 25th year as a music educator and is currently the mariachi director at Chapa Middle School in Hays CISD. He resides in San Marcos Texas with his wife of 23 years Sonia Maldonado, daughter Ava and son Desi.