bolero
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7.2
- noun
- /bəˈlɛəroʊ/
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bolero
- Balde Gonzalez and Lydia Mendoza, on the other hand, recorded several boleros that became hits.
- Ravel's Bolero
- Cuban bolero
- rancheras and boleros
Examples
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She loves to listen to boleros because of their emotional melodies and slow tempo.
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At the dance studio, the instructor taught the students how to perform a bolero smoothly and gracefully.
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Her favorite songs were rancheras and boleros, but she also liked the new kind of American music called "swing."
Fiction book (1995) -
Gradually, the original bolero ostinato was reintroduced.
Academic text (2015) -
The piece began with two members playing ostinato patterns: one playing pizzicato while the other played the bolero rhythm.
Academic text (2015) -
The music built in intensity, with a complex descending chromatic melody being played over the bolero rhythm.
Academic text (2015) -
Sometime during the 1950s, different groups added rancheras and boleros to their repertoire.
Academic text (1999) -
Lara's first recorded bolero was interpreted by Pilaf Arcos in 1928.
Academic text (1996) -
The poet Luis Rosado Vega defined the Yucatan bolero as a delicate genre deprived of any sort of obscenity.
Academic text (1996) -
During the wedding reception, the couple danced their first dance to a romantic bolero played softly in the background.
Compounds
How Slow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bolero for the slow Latin music form grew from the Spanish dance name bolero but became a slower, romantic piece in Latin music; think of a steady guitar rhythm, so a musical bolero is a 'slow' Latin song or dance with a repeating pulse.