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  2. Marimba - Wikipedia

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    Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass made frequent use of the marimba. [37] Ruth Underwood played an electrically amplified marimba in Frank Zappa's The Mothers of Invention. [38] The Rolling Stones' 1966 song "Under My Thumb" prominently features a marimba, played by Brian Jones. A marimba solo was in the hit 1975 Starbuck song "Moonlight Feels ...

  3. Regional styles of Mexican music - Wikipedia

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    Marimba ensembles are also found here. Oaxaca also has many traditional Brass Bands, sometimes called Tambora Oaxaqueña, the music is very similar to the Balkan Music, and it is believed that they are both from the same roots. Bakanic composer, Goran Bregovic, made concerts in Mexico, with bands from Oaxaca.

  4. Marímbula - Wikipedia

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    In Mexico, where it is known as marimbol is played in son jarocho; in the Dominican Republic, where it is known as marimba, it is played in merengue típico, and in Jamaica it is known as rumba box and played in mento. The marímbula is usually classified as part of the lamellophone family of musical instruments.

  5. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    Aerophone made from the end of a cow horn with the tip broken off on the side, which is blown into 423.122.2 Mexico: marimba [98] Xylophone-like instrument with wooden square tubes resonators, struck with mallets, with a two level keyboard so it can play the full chromatic scale: 111.222-4 Mongolia: morin khuur [99] [100] horse-head fiddle, igil

  6. Music of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    In Mexico D.F., most people who dance to it are called "Chilangos"—which means people born in the main district. In the 1970s Aniceto Molina emigrated to Mexico, where he joined the group from Guerrero, La Luz Roja de San Marcos, and recorded many popular tropical cumbias like El Gallo Mojado, El Peluquero, and La Mariscada.

  7. Where Was the Frozen Margarita Invented? (Hint: The ... - AOL

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    Where was the frozen margarita invented? Your gut may tell you Mexico, since that’s where the rocks margarita was invented back in 1942. But the frozen margarita actually dates back to 1971 ...

  8. List of Mexican inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Umbrellas:independent of the ancient Chinese (who had also invented the umbrellas on their own), the Maya and the Inca had invented circular umbrellas, which were made from bird feathers. [16] Hand Fan:The Aztecs developed circular handheld fans made of feathers and other materials that served as a status symbol, and were used for warfare ...

  9. Merengue music - Wikipedia

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    In the 1930s–1950s, a bass instrument was also often used. Called marimba, it resembles the Cuban marímbula, and is a large box-shaped thumb piano with 3-6 metal keys. The main percussion instruments, güira and tambora, have been a part of the ensemble since the music's inception, and are so important that they are often considered symbolic ...