Meanings
- uncountableA genre of folk music of northeastern Argentina.
Thus, even today we can see the survival of these basic modes in the tritonic scale of the baguala musical genre of the Inca region, which uses only the major chord notes to generate its melodies.
2006, Goldberg: Early Music Magazine1 more example
The vidala is our form of the blues. The baguala and the vidala are our musical vanguard, even though they're thousands of years old. The youth of the world are searching for a cry and a Song with a cosmic force.
1978, Sing Out
Origin
- Spanishbaguala
- Englishbaguala
From Spanish baguala.
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