Ranchera music
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Ranchera is a Latin music genre. Ranchera is usually sung by one or more people with a guitar. It is popularized in Mexico. This type of music can be traced back to the Mexican Revolution. It is also similar to Mariachi music.
Ranchera | |
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Stylistic origins | Mariachi |
Cultural origins | México |
Typical instruments | Guitar, Vihuela, Trumpet, Violin, Guitarrón |
Subgenres | |
bolero ranchero, corrido, Narcocorrido | |
Other topics | |
Charro - Jarabe tapatío (also the name of a song) - Zapateado - Son Huasteco - Huapango - Mexican pop |
Ranchera singers
References
- Brenner, H. (1996). Música ranchera. Das mexikanische Äquivalent zur Country and Western Music aus historischer, musikalischer und kommerzieller Sicht (Música ranchera: El equivalente mexicano de la música country y la música del Oeste) (Musikethnologische Sammelbände 14). Foreword by Thomas Stanford. Tutzing: Verlag Hans Schneider, 1996 [ISBN 3-7952-0867-X].den suger balle
Other websites
- Rancheras Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine - music
- Musical analysis
- Northern ranchera lyrics