Meaning: "four"
Family: Guitar
Found: South America, Trinidad & Tobago, other territories of the West Indies
Uses: Ensembles, Accompaniment
Type of music: Secular and religious
Characteristics: Small, 4 strings.
Guitarrón mexicano
Meaning: "Mexican large guitar"
Family: Similar to guitar but not derived from guitar
Found: Mexico
Uses: Mariachi Bands
Type of music: Mexican Mariachi groups
Characteristics: Large, 6 strings, Strings originally made of intestines, Fretless
***This video is of a Mariachi band. A Mariachi band generally consists of violins, trumpets, an acoustic guitar, a vihuela (a high-pitched, five-string guitar), a guitarrón (a large acoustic bass) and, on occasion, a harp. The members of the group dress in silver studded charro outfits with wide-brimmed hats. The original Mariachi were Mexican street musicians or buskers.***
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