They sing, or chant, an unvarying melody, with intervals between stanzas to give the singers time to prepare the next verse.
Nothing was done to record their work, but as it happens, a stenographer, Aida Bode, was a fan of this genre, and she wrote down the verses as they were broadcast.
[7] Celina González and Albita both sang punto in the first part of their careers, proving that the genre is still alive, though perhaps moribund in its original form.
Celina has one of the great voices in popular music, and her supporting group Campo Alegre is outstanding.
30 September 1922) is the greatest name in punto, for his decima poetry, which he wrote daily for the radio and newspapers.