MUSICAL TRADITIONS

One of the things that inspire Valencia and its people is, MUSIC, nearly in every town of Valencia or its region has a symphonic band, a classic music band, particularly there is one kind of instrument which is the most representative: wind instruments.

There is a funny joke about Valencian musicians, that says like this.” What do 3 Valencian musicians around a guitar? And the answer is: “Trying to find out, where is the end of the hole”. And this is because, in this region, the more used instruments are wind instruments.

Normally in Valencia, like in any other city of Spain, people have a lot of festivities involved with music, it always has a performance with the symphonic band “Banda de Musica”

The kind of music goes from traditional music, until classic music, the tradition goes sometimes through the families, from fathers to sons and daughters, this is much more than music it’s a cultural it’s a way to live music as a part of his life. These kids go to music classes, and then to higher music education, and also some of the towns have an auditorium, or an Opera.

Knowing this particular part of the culture of Valencia, will help you to understand and to enjoy its people and its festivities.

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