huapanguera
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The huapanguera, guitarra quinta huapanguera or guitarra huapanguera is a Mexican guitar-like instrument that usually forms part of a conjunto huasteco ensemble, along with the jarana huasteca and violin. Because of its large body and deeper structure, the huapanguera is able provide a much deeper sound compared to a regular acoustic guitar. Here it takes on the role of the bass instrument using a rhythmical strumming technique. Its physical construction features a large resonating body with a short neck. It normally has around 10 frets which stop at the point where the fingerboard meets the t
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Vinony's link graph records 34 inbound references to huapanguera, and connects out to string instrument, guitar and violin.
It is catalogued under topics including Guitar family instruments and Mexican musical instruments.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- musical instrument
- Country of origin
- Mexico
- Image
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Son Huasteco
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The huapanguera, guitarra quinta huapanguera or guitarra huapanguera is a Mexican guitar-like instrument that usually forms part of a conjunto huasteco ensemble, along with the jarana huasteca and violin. Because of its large body and deeper structure, the huapanguera is able provide a much deeper sound compared to a regular acoustic guitar. Here it takes on the role of the bass instrument using a rhythmical strumming technique. Its physical construction features a large resonating body with a short neck. It normally has around 10 frets which stop at the point where the fingerboard meets the top.
thumb|left|A son huasteco trio, featuring a violin, jarana huasteca and huapanguera.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “huapanguera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.