Some Definitions and Variations of Mexican Cumbia
The Mexican Cumbia has adapted versions of Colombian music like Peruvian cumbia or Argentine Cumbia, among others. This diversity has appeared in different ways: Originally Northern cumbia (Cumbia norteña) was usually played with accordion and consists of tunes with few chords and slower speed than original cumbia (Ramón Ayala, Acapulco Tropical, Bronco, Límite, Los Barón de Apodaca, etc...), more like Colombian porro. Southern cumbia (cumbia del sur) replaces the accordion with piano or organ. The pace is faster, even faster than original cumbia, (Los Sonnors, Socios del Ritmo, Chico Che) and more elaborated harmonically and instrumentally. Other examples of subgenres of Mexican cumbia are Cumbia Mariachi, Cumbia Andina Mexicana or Cumbia Sonidera and other, its national variants, is a fusion of the adapted folklores of Colombia with the nationals like Musica norteña, (northern music), the mariachi, Banda sinaloense, romantic music, huapango, or huasteco, as well as old and modern genres of other countries, such as the Cuban Salsa, merengue, reggae, ska and other Caribbean sounds. Also represented are Bolivian and Ecuadorian folklore, waltz and Peruvian folklore, with other popular genres such as rock & roll, hip-hop, rap, Disco 70's, Dance, and electronic music. These tendencies have varied according to the popularity of each of the rhythms with which they have merged. The Orchestral Cumbia is another variant represented by big orchestras, like Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, Orquesta Tampico, Orquesta Coatzacoalcos, Roy Luis among others, that popularized many cumbias with full big band sound.
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