Banda

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Banda is a brass-based form of traditional Mexican music. Established in the late 1960s in Sinaloa, a state in northern Mexico, banda music exploded in popularity in the late 1990s throughout Mexico and in the southwest United States, primarily in Texas and California, but also in the Midwest states of Iowa, Kansas, and Illinois. Thanks to the rapidly rising popularity of La Banda Sinaloense, the genre has taken on a different role.

La Banda el Recodo, El Coyote, and Julio Preciado are the most famous banda artists.

The sound of banda

Bandas are made up of a number of brass instruments, its most notable being la tambora and trompeta. Clarinets and drums are also usually included. Bandas generally consist of about 15 members. Click here to hear what a typical banda song sounds like. (Piquites de Hormiga by El Coyote)

See also

• Music of Mexico
• Norteño (music)