Joining our first two bestseller music productions, Mariachi Trumpet Play Along Vol. 1 and Mariachi Trumpet
Play Along Vol. 2 , we are now proud to announce the release of two
new products :
Mariachi Sing Along for Female Voice Vol. 1.
Mariachi Sing Along for Male Voice Vol. 1.
The Mariachi Sing Along series include the lyrics and music of the most beautiful traditional
Mexican songs. Songs that have circumnavigated the globe and that
thousands of people sing and are part of international music
repertoires.
Mariachi music is the most representative of Mexico. The joy of its
sones, huapangos, polkas and corridos is known and appreciated
world-wide. This unique music is both beautiful and challenging to
sing and execute. Practicing the proper attack of the notes, vibrato
and slurs
will enable the trumpet student to produce the wide tone of the
authentic mariachi trumpet sound. Mariachi singers need a strong,
clear voice, good timekeeping abilities and precise intonation.
The mariachi band is usually composed of violins, guitars, guitarron,
vihuela and brass wind instruments and accompanies folk music in the
city streets and plays both traditional and recently composed music. Mariachi music is often played at serenades and all type of
festivities and celebrations such as weddings, birthdays,
political campaigns, parties and even at sad events like funerals.
The word mariachi was thought to come from the French mariage,
"marriage". The ensemble's early use at weddings explained the
derivation of its name. Now, more recent studies indicate that
the word mariachi is indigenous to Mexico. The now-extinct Coca
language of central Jalisco is that most frequently cited as its
probable source. Historical documents prove that both the word mariachi
and the ensemble it designates pre-date the French occupation of
Mexico, making any similarity with the French word a phonetic
coincidence.
