What is Mariachi?
{{Infobox music genre |name=Mariachi |bgcolor=darksalmon |color=black |stylistic_origins=[[Son Jaliscience]] |cultural_origins=18th century, [[Cocula, Jalisco]] |instruments=[[Violin]], [[Guitarrón mexicano|guitarrón]], [[guitarra de golpe]], [[Mexican vihuela|vihuela]], [[guitar]], [[trumpet]], and occasionally a [[harp]] |derivatives= |subgenrelist=[[List of Mariachi genres]] |subgenres=[[Ranchera]], [[Mariachi tradicional|Traditional]] |fusiongenres= |regional_scenes |other_topics=[[Charro]] – [[Jarabe tapatío]] (also the name of a song) }} [[File:Guadalajara mariachis.jpg|thumb|260px|Traditional mariachi band]] '''Mariachi''' is a [[Latin music]] genre. It is popularized in [[Mexico]] and its [[culture]]. This type of music includes instruments such as the [[violin]], [[trumpet]], [[guitar]], [[vihuela]], [[guitarrón]] and sometimes a [[harp]]. Mariachi is sung and performed mostly in [[bands]]. However, some solo artists such as [[Selena]] and [[Alejandro Fernández]] have recorded and performed Mariachi songs. == Mariachis and artists == [[Image:Mariachi singer, Chicago, Illinois, USA - 20060814.jpg|260px|thumb|Mariachi singing]] *[[José Alfredo Jiménez]] *[[Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán]] *[[Jorge Negrete]] *[[Pedro Infante]] *[[Vicente Fernández]] *[[Antonio Aguilar]] *[[Pepe Aguilar]] *[[Pedro Fernández]] *[[Alejandro Fernández]] *[[Ana Gabriel]] *[[Chayito Valdez]] *[[Miguel Aceves Mejía]] *[[Tito Guízar]] *[[Shaila Dúrcal]] *[[Los Caballeros]] *[[Selena]] *[http://www.mariachimimexico.com Mariachi Mi Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309092700/http://www.mariachimimexico.com/ |date=2020-03-09 }} == Other websites == {{Commons category}} *[http://sobrino.net/mer/entry_on_the_word_mariachi.htm ''A Brief History on the Mariachi Tradition''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220004804/http://www.sobrino.net/mer/entry_on_the_word_mariachi.htm |date=2011-12-20 }} *[http://mariachimusic.com/ ''Mariachimusic.com Online''] *[http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/ronstadtfamily