Guitarrón Mexicano...
As a followup to my La Cucaracha blog, I did some listening to a few Mexican Mariachi bands to see a Guitarrón Mexicano that translates to "big Mexican guitar"Very unusual instrument as it's large body overshadows a short neck. But... it's a 6-string acoustical bass guitar used in accompaniment by plucking (and not strumming) the notes.
The tuning is very different than a Spanish guitar so you have to learn a different scale to play the Guitarrón.
It's an interesting instrument... I like it, but not enough to get one, nor am I feeling hungry for a burrito!
I could only play half of that video... the guy was giving me a headache!
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It seems like an almost extinct primordial instrument along the path of bass evolution.