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Nelson Gómez performing. The guitarrón is used in Mexican Mariachi groups, which usually consist of at least two violins, two trumpets, one Spanish guitar, a vihuela (a high-pitched, five-string guitar-type instrument), and the guitarrón.
The origin of the Guitarrón Chileno may date back to the 16th century. Although the name suggests an instrument derived from the guitar, the design, tuning, and playing technique of the instrument are more closely linked to a common ancestor of the guitar, the vihuela of the Renaissance and Baroque.
Guitarrón or guitarron is a common name for a number of stringed instruments found in Latin America and may refer to: Guitarrón argentino , a six-stringed musical instrument from Argentina Guitarrón chileno , a 25-stringed, plucked instrument from Chile
In a few days, J.O.P. and the rest of the band — requinto guitarist Samuel Jaimez, guitarron player Khrystian Ramos, tubist José Garcia and tololoche player Moises Lopez — would fly out to ...
A comprehensive list of musical instruments, including percussion instruments like xylophones and membranophones.
The Guitarra de golpe is a stringed musical instrument from Mexico. [1] It has 5 nylon strings in 5 courses. The headstock traditionally has a traditional shape that is designed to look like a stylised owl with wooden pegs, but nowadays this is sometimes replaced with a guitar or vihuela style headstock with machine heads.
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Vihuela Mexicana tuning. The vihuela has five nylon strings in reentrant tuning.Similar to the first five strings of a guitar, but with the third, fourth and fifth an octave above what one might expect.