Vallenato is a musical genre native to the Caribbean Coast with its epicenter in the former province of Padilla (current south of La Guajira, Cesar north and east of Magdalena) and an important variant in the savanna region of the departments of Bolivar, Sucre , Córdoba. Its popularity has spread now all over the country and neighboring countries such as Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador and Mexico. It traditionally plays three instruments: the diatonic accordion, the guacharaca and housing (small drum goatskin). The rhythms of vallenato music or air are the walk, merengue, puya, son and the drum. Vallenato also plays guitar and with the instruments of cumbia and groups cumbiambas million.
Vallenato music or is part of the folk music of the Caribbean Coast. Colombian music is the rhythm that has achieved popularity, both nationally and internationally. What it does feature the traditional vallenato is to be interpreted only with three instruments that do not require any amplification, two percussion (box and guacharaca), setting the pace, and the diatonic accordion (of European origin) in which plays the melody. However, sometimes the songs are composed and perform with other instruments: guitar, flute, bagpipes and chromatic accordion. On the other hand, for commercial vallenato is common not only the incorporation of these instruments, but also the electric bass and other percussion, as the congas and timbales.
