Mariachi refers to "Mexican street bands" or Mexican-style bands that some people call "wandering musicians". There are different opinions about the origin of the wandering band. There is a theory that the wandering band comes from the French word "wedding"-Mariage, because there are often various types of music in weddings, but the problem is that the wandering band existed before the French arrived in Mexico in 1864. However, some people think that the name vagrancy comes from a festival and musical performance praising the Virgin Mary. However, it is generally believed that the wandering band originated in Jalisco, southern Mexico in the19th century.
Although the musical elements of indigenous tribes in Mexico, such as flutes, drums and whistles, have no obvious connection with wandering bands. However, Mariacci's musical instruments and styles were obviously influenced by the Spanish colonial period. His instruments include guitar (bass guitar), vihuela(5-string treble guitar), guitar, violin and trumpet. Some groups may add harps or flutes. Some singers in the 1970s sometimes joined accordion, keyboard, harmonica, saxophone and even drums. Stray bands usually consist of at least 3 violinists, 2 trumpeters, 65,438+0 Mexican guitarists, 65,438+0 Vihula guitarists and 65,438+0 guitarists, but in some restaurants, there may be only three or four singers. Band members usually wear gorgeous Mexican costumes "Charro" and wide-brimmed Mexican hats. Bands usually perform in restaurants, weddings, festivals and other formal occasions. The content of singing is all-encompassing, such as male chauvinism, love, betrayal, death, politics, revolutionary heroes and even animals (especially a famous song is La Cucaracha) and so on. Some people think that wandering the streets is the most prominent symbol of Mexico besides tequila.