Mariachi originated from Western Mexico in the 19th century. Mariachi is another name for jalisciense and consists of a group of men. It’s developed from “son style” which is a mix of folk music and other regional genres. Son means sound in spanish. Mariachi music is cultural, spiritual, and traditional. The songs tend to speak about love, betrayal, death, politics, heroes, and animals. There are a variety of instruments used in a mariachi band. There is 2 violins which are soft sounding, 2 trumpets which are high pitched, 1 spanish guitar that sounds like a guitar we’re familiar with, 1 high pitched, five-string guitar called vihuela, and 1 guitarron that sounds like a small scaled bass. The instruments used to only be used during
