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mariachi

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mariachi

Traditional Mexican street ensemble. The performer, the musical style, and the musical ensemble are called mariachi. Mariachi music emerged in the late 1700s or early 1800s. In the 19th century, mariachi bands consisted solely of stringed instruments, including the guitar, the guitarrón (a large fretless six-string bass guitar), and the vihuela (a guitarlike stringed instrument); since the1920s the ensembles have generally included violins and trumpets—now more or less essential elements—and often other wind instruments as well. Initially mariachi music was strictly instrumental, but it has come to include vocal elements.



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As the retiree swayed to the beat of mariachi music, she said she no longer had to drive to Mission Hills to get her daily dose of warm, handmade tortillas.
The Uptown Horns, consistently delicious throughout, create mariachi magic and marching-band disco.
Not far away, the Mexican Embassy is entertaining about 500 people for Independence Day with tortilla, Mexican beer, tequila and a traditional Mariachi band.
 
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