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that is normally played while standing, although early examples from the 16th through the first three or four decades of the 19th centuries were smaller and were played while seated. It has a wooden frame, a resonator, a flat soundboard, 32-36 nylon strings (originally, gut strings), and does not
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Jalisco, Michoacán, and among the Chamula Indians; this is incorrect. Each of those regions developed their own adaptation of the baroque Spanish harp. Also, there were regional harps in Zacatecas and in the North with the
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have pedals. This harp is tuned diatonically over five octaves. The top of its soundboard sometimes arches outward due to the tension of the strings. Unlike other
Mexican harps, the
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was once commonly played while seated, similarly to its ancestor the
Spanish harp from the 16th century. In modern times, since approximately the 1940s, the
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is also heard is "sones jarochos," which blends
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typically provides the main melodies, while instruments such as the
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261:References
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482:Tololoche
432:GuitarrĂłn
124:Michoacán
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239:See also
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175:is from
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462:Leona
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63:Decay
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245:Harp
214:arpa
171:The
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134:The
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