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  • noun A style of rural Cuban music.

Etymologies

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Spanish

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Examples

  • But any real apprehensions dissolved when the musicians began recording the classic Cuban guajira Al Vaiv é n de mi Carreta.

    A Harmonious Bridge Over the Atlantic Larry Blumenfeld 2010

  • As you might gather from their name, Netherlands-based singer Estrella Acosta and her band play guajira, the countrified version of son popularized in recent years by Compay Segundo and Eliade Ochoa -- though their take on the style is relatively urbane, largely due to Acosta's smooth, sophisticated voice.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Breakbeats shuffle beneath the sly guajira "I Wanna Fly With You," which interpolates a snippet of Roy Ayers's "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," while "Solito me quede" combines elements of cumbia and hip-hop with Levin's acidic electric guitar and Brian Lynch's fiery trumpet.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Their music is a mix of all the styles of Cuban music, including bolero, chachachá, salsa, son montuno, timba, guajira, danzón, rumba and abakua.

    WN.com - Articles related to South Africa Convicts Police Ex-Chief 2010

  • As you might gather from their name, Netherlands-based singer Estrella Acosta and her band play guajira, the countrified version of son popularized in recent years by Compay Segundo and Eliade Ochoa -- though their take on the style is relatively urbane, largely due to Acosta's smooth, sophisticated voice.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Their music is a mix of all the styles of Cuban music, including bolero, chachachá, salsa, son montuno, timba, guajira, danzón, rumba and abakua.

    WN.com - Articles related to South Africa Convicts Police Ex-Chief 2010

  • As you might gather from their name, Netherlands-based singer Estrella Acosta and her band play guajira, the countrified version of son popularized in recent years by Compay Segundo and Eliade Ochoa -- though their take on the style is relatively urbane, largely due to Acosta's smooth, sophisticated voice.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • As you might gather from their name, Netherlands-based singer Estrella Acosta and her band play guajira, the countrified version of son popularized in recent years by Compay Segundo and Eliade Ochoa -- though their take on the style is relatively urbane, largely due to Acosta's smooth, sophisticated voice.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • I've always thought of his classic, "Micaela" as a guajira though it's a bit faster in tempo.

    Crate Digging Revealed 2008

  • I've always thought of his classic, "Micaela" as a guajira though it's a bit faster in tempo.

    Crate Digging Revealed 2008

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