Mariachi vs Ranchera - What's the difference?
mariachi | ranchera |
Of or pertaining to a traditional form of Mexican music, either sung or purely instrumental.
Of or pertaining to a band playing such music, or to the singers of such songs.
A traditional form of Mexican music, either sung or purely instrumental.
A group that plays mariachi music.
* 2002 , Leonor Xóchitl Pérez, 8: Transgressing the Taboo: A Chicana's Voice in the Mariachi World'', Norma Elia Cantú, Olga Nájera-Ramírez (editors), ''Chicana Traditions: Continuity and Change ,
* 2004 , "Mariachi," entry in Cordelia Candelaria, Peter J. García, Arturo J. Aldama (editors), Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture , Volume 2,
A member of such a group.
* {{quote-song
, year = 1959
, title = In Old Mexico
, composer = (Tom Lehrer)
, passage = The mariachis would serenade / and they would not shut up till they were paid.
}}
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As nouns the difference between mariachi and ranchera
is that mariachi is a traditional form of Mexican music, either sung or purely instrumental while ranchera is a traditional Mexican song performed solo with a guitar.As an adjective mariachi
is of or pertaining to a traditional form of Mexican music, either sung or purely instrumental.mariachi
English
(wikipedia mariachi)Adjective
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(en noun)page 151,
- At her first performance with an all-male mariachi , the oldest member said to the musical director,(No! I've never played with a woman; I'm not going to start now [my translation]).
page 520,
- Today Plaza Garibaldi near the center of Mexico City is considered the home of mariachis', where mariachi musicians congregate in the plaza, waiting for patrons and tourists to audition them and invite them to perform. has been considered the premier Mexican ' mariachi for nearly a century.
