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    The Mexican vihuela ([biˈwe.la]) is a guitar-like string instrument from 19th-century Mexico with five strings and typically played in mariachi groups...
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    The vihuela (Spanish pronunciation: [viˈwela]) is a 15th-century fretted plucked Spanish string instrument, shaped like a guitar (figure-of-eight form...
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    Although the Mexican vihuela has the same name as the historic Spanish plucked string instrument, the two are distinct. The Mexican vihuela has more in...
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    instruments like the Mexican vihuela, used in Mariachi ensembles, evolving from their Old World counterparts into distinctly Mexican forms. Manuel M. Ponce...
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    including the bandurria, laúd, guitar, and double bass, but sometimes also Mexican vihuela, violins, cellos, marimbas, xylophones, harps, and timbales. Today...
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    such as the Mexican vihuela used in Mariachi music, were adapted from their old-world predecessors and are now considered very Mexican. There existed...
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  • jarocha Mandolina conchera Requinto Salterio (Mexico) Tricordia Vihuela conchera Vihuela (Mexican vihuela) Mongolia: Morin khuur Naxi (Sugudu; Hubo; Huobusi)...
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    guitars may be replaced by a double bass, tololoche, guitarron or Mexican vihuela. Among the renowned artists are Los Tres Caballeros, Los Panchos, Los...
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    Conchera (redirect from Vihuela conchera)
    tuned as mandolin (g-d-a-e). vihuelas de concheros or vihuela conchera: with 5 double courses (10 strings). Tuned as vihuela, but in the 3rd, 4th and 5th...
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  • Conjunto (category Regional styles of Mexican music)
    conjunto de arpa grande is a type of Mexican folk ensemble. Often it consists of diatonic harp, Mexican vihuela, guitar and two violins. Its repertory...
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    Mejoranera chordophones 321.322 Panama stringed instruments Mexican vihuela chordophones 3 Mexico stringed instruments Mohan veena chordophones 3 India stringed...
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  • low "E", and retuned vihuela, from Spain, Portugal, or Italy c. 1450-1550 (also often with six courses of strings) Mexican vihuela, c. 1800–present, often...
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  • Chitarra battente Lyre-guitar Pikasso Steel guitar (c. 1920) Harp guitar Mexican vihuela 12-string guitar Acoustic bass guitar List of acoustic guitar brands...
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    the guitar-like instrument would be accurate if the instrument was a Mexican vihuela that influenced the country-and-western music prominent in Nashville...
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    Five-string banjo Charango Cittern Venezuelan Cuatro Laouto Lirone Mexican Guitarrón Mexican vihuela Rajão Sitar Theorbo Tonkori Soprano and concert ukuleles Tres...
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  • such as the Mexican vihuela used in Mariachi music, were adapted from their old world predecessors and are traditionally considered Mexican. Popular music...
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  • Guitarra de golpe (category Mexican musical instruments)
    Michoacán. Like the vihuela, it often only has a few frets, but unlike the Vihuela, the frets are made of metal or wood, instead of the vihuela's tied on nylon...
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  • Cirilo Marmolejo (category Players of the Mexican vihuela)
    Cirilo Marmolejo (1890–1960) was a Mexican folk musician of guitarrón and vihuela, and pioneer in the development of the mariachi band. Marmolejo was born...
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    (Spanish for "big Mexican guitar", the suffix -ón being a Spanish augmentative) or Mexican guitarrón is a very large, deep-bodied Mexican six-string acoustic...
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  • the 18th century. The mariachi genre is distinguished by its use of the vihuela, guitarrón, trumpet, and violin. Other genres developed later in the 20th...
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  • mandolin, charango, bandurria, requinto classical guitar, balalaika, Mexican vihuela, jarana jarocha, oud, lavta, cuatro Years active 2006-present Website...
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  • Mariachi Charanda (category Mexican folk music groups)
    Luis Perujo on the violin, Javier Lassard on violin, Carlos Carral in Mexican vihuela, Sergio Mendez on guitarra de golpe, Emilio Perujo on guitarrón mexicano...
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    Nati Cano (category Players of the Mexican vihuela)
    stringed instruments. In 1939, at age six, Nati was taught to play the Mexican vihuela. Two years later, Nati enrolled in the Academia de Musica in Guadalajara...
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    Vargas de Tecalitlán (category Mexican musical groups)
    and 1 vihuela. Complete mariachi groups have a minimum of 12 members with the standard 6 violins, 3 trumpets, 1 guitarrón, 1 guitar and 1 vihuela. A 13th...
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  • tarima tap-dance box, Mexican vihuela), Javier Saume, and Juan Rivera. In 2014, Victor Pichardo left to live in his native Mexico, returning to the ensemble...
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    Son mexicano (redirect from Mexican son)
    String instruments vary from region to region, but may include violin, vihuela, jarana, guitar, guitarrón, guitarra de golpe, requinto, huapanguera, guitarra...
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  • Mexican inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented or discovered, partially or entirely, by a person from Mexico. These also...
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  • Canciones de Mi Padre (category Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album)
    guitarrón Victor "El Pato" Cardenas – vihuela Luis Damian – vihuela Pedro Flores – vihuela Pedro Rey – vihuela Larry Bunker – percussion Ron Kalina –...
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    Fiddle (redirect from Vihuela de arco)
    Cherokee Creek Tohono O'odham waila music, a style heavily influenced by Mexican fiddling and featuring irregular counts and harmonies in thirds, fourths...
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    Aly Tadros (category Players of the Mexican vihuela)
    for her self-taught finger-picking style and her fusion of folk, pop, Mexican, and Middle Eastern influences. She has performed across the United States...
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