Composer/lyricist: anonymous (arranged by Silvestre Vargas and Rubén Fuentes)

Performers/instruments: Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán

Date of recording: 1997

Genre: son jalisciense

Form: sesquiáltera

Tempo/meter: compound duple, with many syncopated accents

What to listen for:

  • Compás of the son jalisciense, focusing on the standard alternating pattern played by guitars and vihuela, as well as on the moments when they deviate from the standard pattern
  • Guitarrón lines up with and complements the strumming
  • Try to determine the measure or "side" of the compás pattern that the performers begin playing on in this piece
  • Gritos (stylized shouts of enthusiasm), characteristic of much Mexican music, perhaps representing Indigenous influence on contemporary music
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