OLD MARIACHI.

Whatever the origin of the word, the truth is that mariachi is born from the fusion of conches, teponaztlis, huéhuetls, reed or clay flutes with guitars and violins; While this instrumental miscegenation occurred, in 1695 the Cocas invented the vihuela and, with posterity, the guitarrón -which replaced the Spanish lute and double bass, respectively-, and it is known that by the 1930s there were in Coculates at least two mariachis: the Coculán and the Chivatillo, from which the Mariachi Salinas emerged, patriarch of the string groups that play vernacular music, thanks to the fact that their instruments are made up of a guitarrón, two violins, a vihuela and a chirimía .

The term mariachi is of uncertain origin, but it is believed that it is a coca word with which, in Nueva Galicia, the indigenous people of Techaluta named a wooden platform on which they perform their dances or zapateados.

There are those who affirm that the name derives from a tree - today unknown - with whose wood said planks were built.

Another version indicates that mariachi is a mestizo word formed by the Spanish María and coca shi, son, and refers to the letters (in honor of María) and music (sones) that the inhabitants of Cocula create to worship the Virgin of la Pila ( the Immaculate Conception), brought to such territory by Fray Miguel de Bolonia in 1528.

A third version indicates that mariachi comes from the French marriage, marriage, which, during the so-called War of the Cakes (1838-1839) was the way in which the French designated not only weddings in Mexico, but also the music of these celebrations.

Regional Mexicano Through the years.

The Mexican regional expresses the musical culture that we have in our country through music, in it we express our culture, our feelings, our traditions and our essence.

The regional Mexican derives from many styles of Mexican music which we will mention step by step below, we will begin with one of the greatest exponents of our culture worldwide, the mariachi music.