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Pages in category "Mexican musical instruments" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Many traditional instruments, such as the Mexican vihuela used in Mariachi music, were adapted from their old-world predecessors and are now considered very Mexican. There existed regional and local musical traditions in the colonial period and earlier, but national music began to develop in the nineteenth century, often with patriotic themes ...
The music originated in the center-west of Mexico. Most claims for its origin lie in the state of Jalisco but neighboring states of Colima, Nayarit, and Michoacán have also claimed it. However, by the late 19th century, the music was firmly centered in Jalisco. [11] Most legends put the origin of the modern mariachi in the town of Cocula ...
Banda is a subgenre of regional Mexican music and type of ensemble in which wind (mostly brass) and percussion instruments are performed.. The history of banda music in Mexico dates from the middle of the 19th century with the arrival of piston brass instruments, when community musicians tried to imitate military bands.
Real de a 8, also known as "Spanish American peso", "Spanish dollar" or "piece of eight", considered to be the first world currency, which also gave the origin of the dollar or peso sign ($), was a Spanish/Mexican invention, it was first used in New Spain before being widely used in the whole Americas, parts of Europe and the Far East.
The regional music of Mexico City includes danzon, a Cuban style of music which also developed in Mexico City (in El Salón México) and Veracruz. It is comparable to tango for its elegance and complex structure. Cha-cha-cha is also an important style which was played a lot in the past century, it was very popular in Mexican films.
Probably African American in origin. 321.312-5: Uzbekistan: doira [150] Round, flat drum with shakers made of metal inside and a horse-skin head 211.311 + 112.113 Uzbekistan: karnay [151] [152] Long brass trumpet with a mouthpiece: 423.121.12 Venezuela: cuatro [153] [154] [155] Guitar-like lute with four strings, usually strummed 321.322 ...
Many different subgenres of regional Mexican have their origins in the 16th to 18th centuries. Indigenous, African, and Spanish instruments and styles mixed together to create these genres of music. [6] For example, mariachi originated in the state of Jalisco around the 18th century. [7]