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Son jalisciense

tradition · 1800–

Also called son de Jalisco

Jalisco regional son: string-band dance-song in sesquialtera and related meters, the rural repertory that urban Mariachi later nationalizes. Empty extra Received is historically checked: Spanish dance-song ancestry (fandango, seguidilla) stays a leftover, not a catch-all parent. It already gives Mariachi the son-and-jarabe dance book. Mexican folk leftover as a refused catch-all. Son jarocho leftover as a Veracruz sibling. Jarabe leftover as a named dance type on this node. Zapateado leftover as footwork on this node.

Listen

  1. El son de la negra Jalisco son / mariachi repertory (traditional) YouTube · Spotify
  2. Las alazanas Jalisco son tradition (traditional) YouTube · Spotify
  3. El gusto Jalisco son tradition (traditional) YouTube
  4. La culebra Jalisco son tradition (traditional) YouTube
  5. El carretero Jalisco string-band tradition (traditional) YouTube

Passed on

Mariachi tradition · 1850–

Urban mariachi keeps son jalisciense’s string-band dance book — sesquialtera sones, jarabe figures, violin over vihuela — and recodes it as a national radio-and-film ensemble.

Influence

Son jalisciense → Mariachi

rhythmmeter and grooveinstrumentationform and structurefunction and contextstrength: highscholarly consensus1850–1940oralradio

Mechanism

Urban mariachi keeps son jalisciense’s string-band dance book — sesquialtera sones, jarabe figures, violin over vihuela — and recodes it as a national radio-and-film ensemble. Strength high. ranchera mariachi is the later sung-book hop; this edge is the rural dance parent. Norteño leftover as an accordion sibling. Mexican folk leftover as a refused catch-all.

Evidence

Village sones in the Vargas book (El son de la negra); Grove on Jalisco son as mariachi’s dance repertory; trumpet as a 1930s add-on, not the village definition.

Debate

Whether mariachi simply is son jalisciense. The rural son is the dance practice; mariachi is the named urban ensemble that also plays ranchera and canción.

Mediators

community: Jalisco string bands; artist: Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán