Small mexican guitar name. In fact its name translates to mexican guitar. It is on similar lines to a mandolin. Because its great size gives it volume it does not require electric amplification for performances in small venues.
The guitarron mexicano or mexican guitarron is a very large deep bodied mexican six string acoustic bass played traditionally in mariachi groups. This instrument is strummed with all of the fingernail tips to produce a rich full and clear sound of the chords being played. The vihuela produces the lively rhythmic vibrancy of mariachi.
This instrument can be identified by its vaulted curved back. Story by laura fraser photography and videography by andrew sullivan. A guitarron is a deep voiced acoustic bass guitar.
Although similar to the guitar it is not a derivative of that instrument but was independently developed from the sixteenth century spanish bajo de una. The guitarron is fretless with heavy gauge strings most commonly nylon. Jarana jarocha this has 8 nylon strings in 5 courses.
Mexican vihuela with a mini guitarron looking body and high tuning the mexican vihuela has a sharp and quick attack perfect for those rapid triplet strums in a mariachi group. A vihuela is a small high pitched mexican guitar with five strings. The ukulele is a small hawaiian guitar with four strings.
Underneath the new icon lies centuries of craftsmanship. The arrangement of the strings is 2 outer single and three inner double strings. The guitarron mexicano probably sounds a lot like another instrument with which you are likely already familiar.
Ukes are ideal for people who find normal guitars a bit too big eg. Its the smallest guitar youre likely to encounter. The mexican vihuela is a small deep bodied rhythm guitar built along the same lines as the guitarron.