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- The guitarron is a really big, really deep 6 string bass that is common to Mexican Mariachi groups. It has six thick strings–the bottom three are most often metal, the top three nylon. Because it’s so big it can be very loud, and doesn’t require amplification in small to medium-sized performances.
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The guitarrón mexicano ( Spanish for "big Mexican guitar", the suffix -ón being a Spanish augmentative) or Mexican guitarrón is a very large, deep-bodied Mexican six-string acoustic bass guitar played traditionally in Mariachi groups.
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The guitarrón mexicano or Mexican guitarron, is a very large, deep-bodied Mexican 6-string acoustic bass played in mariachi groups. Although obviously similar to the guitar, it is not a derivative of that instrument, but was independently developed from the sixteenth-century Spanish bajo de uña.
The guitarron is a really big, really deep 6 string bass that is common to Mexican Mariachi groups. It has six thick strings–the bottom three are most often metal, the top three nylon. Because it’s so big it can be very loud, and doesn’t require amplification in small to medium-sized performances.
Feb 12, 2019 · El guitarrón mexicano (el nombre en español de una «gran guitarra mexicana», el guitarrón mexicano es un bajo acústico de seis cuerdas muy grande y de cuerpo profundo que se toca tradicionalmente en grupos de mariachi. Aunque similar a la guitarra, no es un derivado de ese instrumento.
Mar 12, 2018 · What is a Guitarron? The Guitarrón is a large bass guitar. Guitarrón translates to large guitar – the suffix means big or large. It has 6 strings – 3 that are nylon wound with a nylon monofilament core or nylon fibers, and 3 that are steel, bronze or copper wound with a single steel string core.
