In 2011, UNESCO recognized mariachi as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, joining six other entries on the Mexican list of that category. The musical style began to take on national prominence in the first half of the 20th century, with its promotion at presidential inaugurations and on the radio in the 1920s. Modifications of the music include influences from other music such as polkas and waltzes, the addition of trumpets and the use of charro outfits by mariachi musicians. The usual mariachi group today consists of as many as eight violins, two trumpets and at least one guitar, including a high-pitched vihuela and an acoustic bass guitar called a guitarrón, and all players taking turns singing lead and doing backup vocals.įrom the 19th to 20th century, migrations from rural areas into Guadalajara, along with the Mexican government's cultural promotion gradually re-labeled it as son style, with its alternative name of mariachi becoming used for the 'urban' form.
They were really first-rate.Mariachi ( US: / ˌ m ɑːr i ˈ ɑː tʃ i/, UK: / ˌ m ær-/, Spanish: ) is a genre of regional Mexican music that dates back to at least the 18th century, evolving over time in the countryside of various regions of western Mexico. In my opinion, Bud and Travis, although both Americans, sing these songs better than any Mexican singers and musicians I have heard. It is heartbreakingly beautiful the way Bud and Travis sing it and accompany it on their guitars. I say "rasqueado" on the sound board because it is not really a "golpe." The songs are entitled "Malaguena Salerosa" and "Cielito Lindo son Juasteco." This is a totally different "Cielito Lindo" than the standard issue song one hears at every watering hole in Guadalaja or Mazatlan. There are two songs, in particular, that incorporate the "palm mute," along with strategically placed "rasqueados," not across the strings, but on the sound board, that add to the effect. Bud and Travis performed many Mexican songs, in Spanish, and they were just exquisite. If you really want to hear this technique brought to perfection, I recommend obtaining a CD (or an old vinyl album) by Bud and Travis, a folk duo that was popular in the 1960s and 70s.
This technique is a "palm mute," and it is found in a lot of Mexican songs, particularly "Rancheros" of Northern Mexico in the state of Sonora. However, there are some strumming techniques that might be common to rumba (which is one of the lighter forms of flamenco) and Mariachi music. PS: Simon - what Fred was trying to say was that this is a flamenco forum, and Mariachi music is very different from flamenco. I had a better tutorial than him (more accurate, humbly), but it was taken down due to copyright issues.
Not a bad tutorial by the fellow - it's amazing how he's gotten so many views. I suggest you use my strumming techniques as per the video below (the second pattern, where I do muting) however because I humbly must say that they are closer to what is being used in Cancion del Mariachi (the theme from the Desperado movie, on which the fellow's tutorial is about). He is using apagado with the right hand, or a technique similar to the "palm mute" I show below. RE: Strumming technique - El Cancion. ( in reply to SimonM86)
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