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Traditional rancheras are about love, patriotism or nature. Rhythms can have a meter in
2/4(ranchera polkeada),
3/4 (ranchera valseada),
6/8 (ranchera mazurka) reflecting the tempo of, respectively, the polka, the waltz, and the mazurka.
There is also a slow ranchera in 4/4 (ranchera lenta).
Songs are usually in a major key, and consist of an instrumental introduction, verse and refrain, instrumental section repeating the verse, and another verse and refrain, with a tag ending. Rancheras are also noted for the grito mexicano, a yell that is done at musical interludes within a song, either by the musicians and/or the listening audience.
The normal musical pattern of rancheras is a–b–a–b. Rancheras usually begin with an instrumental introduction (a). The first lyrical portion then begins (b), with instrumental adornments interrupting the lines in between. The instruments then repeat the theme again, and then the lyrics may either be repeated or begin a new set of words. One also finds the form a–b–a–b–c–b used, in which the intro (a) is played, followed by the verse (b). This form is repeated, and then a refrain (c) is added, ending with the verse.

Un autre genre musical cubain: le "Changüí".

En attendant, un peu de salsa avec Oscar D'Leon, une super star au Vénézuela.