This morning at 5:00 am, my husband and I were awakened to the sound of music. No, it wasn’t our alarm clock radio. It was a Mariachi band, complete with guitars, trumpets and violin. The six piece band was playing in the front yard of my neighbor’s house. This was a surprise for my neighbor’s birthday. It was a surprise for us too.
Mariachi is a type of musical group, originally from Mexico. Usually a mariachi consists of at least two violins, two trumpets, one Spanish guitar, one vihuela (a high-pitched, five-string guitar) and one guitarrón (a small-scaled acoustic bass). They dress in silver studded charro outfits with wide-brimmed hats. The original Mariachi were Mexican street musicians. Today you can hear them perform in Mexican restaurants, weddings, festivals and in my neighbor’s yard at 5 AM!
After 6 songs, they put their instruments away, jumped into a truck and headed off to their day jobs. To me Mariachi music always sounds happy. Maybe it’s because I don’t speak Spanish. But it was a very pleasant way to wake me up this morning.
Only in Albuquerque!
Mariachi is a type of musical group, originally from Mexico. Usually a mariachi consists of at least two violins, two trumpets, one Spanish guitar, one vihuela (a high-pitched, five-string guitar) and one guitarrón (a small-scaled acoustic bass). They dress in silver studded charro outfits with wide-brimmed hats. The original Mariachi were Mexican street musicians. Today you can hear them perform in Mexican restaurants, weddings, festivals and in my neighbor’s yard at 5 AM!
After 6 songs, they put their instruments away, jumped into a truck and headed off to their day jobs. To me Mariachi music always sounds happy. Maybe it’s because I don’t speak Spanish. But it was a very pleasant way to wake me up this morning.
Only in Albuquerque!
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Nice ! Must have been fun !
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