Traditional Genres of Mexican Music - Table (traditional Music Ensembles)

Table (traditional Music Ensembles)

Traditional ensembles and instruments

Ensemble	Bowed Strings	Plucked Strings	Wood Winds	Brass Winds	Other Aerophones	Membranophone Percussion	Idiophone Percussion
Mariachi	violin	guitar, vihuela, guitarron		trumpet
Banda			clarinet, saxophone	tuba, trombone, trumpet		tambora, tarola	cymbals
Conjunto norteño		bajo sexto, double bass	saxophone		accordion	drums, tarola	redoba
Conjunto jarocho		requinto jarocho, jarana jarocha, leona, harp				pandero octagonal	marimbol, quijada, güiro
Conjunto huasteco	violin	huapanguera, jarana huasteca
Marimba orquesta		double bass	saxophone			drums	marimba, güiro
Conjunto calentano	violin	guitarra sexta, guitarra panzona, double bass				tamborita
Conjunto de arpa grande	violin	harp, guitar, vihuela, double bass
Jarana yucateca		double bass	clarinet, saxophone	trumpet, trombone		timpani	cymbals, güiro
Conjunto de son de tarima		vihuela, guitar					cajón de tapeo
Conjunto mixteco	violin	guitar, bajo quinto					cántaro
Trío romántico		guitar, guitarra requinto					maracas
Tamborileros de Tabasco			flauta de tres hoyos			tamboril, tamboril requinto
Orquesta típica	violin	bandolón, guitar, salterio	clarinet			snare drum
Flauta y Tamboril			flauta de tres hoyos			tambor de marco, tamborcito
Chirimía			chirimía			tambor
Conjunto de Costa Chica					harmonica	friction drum	quijada
Tamborileros del norte			clarinet			tambora
Violín y tambora	violin					tambora
Prehispánico			ocarina, caracol, flauta de tres hoyos			huehuetl, tambor de u, kayum	teponaztli, ayoyotes, sonaja

“Comes the time when it’s later
and onto your table the headwaiter
puts the bill,”
—Robert Creeley (b. 1926)

“If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)