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Concheras or conchas are Mexican stringed-instruments, plucked by concheros dancers. The instruments were important to help preserve elements of native culture from Eurocentric-Catholic suppression. The instruments are used by Concheros dancers for singing at "velaciones" (nighttime rituals) and for dancing at "obligaciones" (dance obligations).

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  • Concheras or conchas are Mexican stringed-instruments, plucked by concheros dancers. The instruments were important to help preserve elements of native culture from Eurocentric-Catholic suppression. The instruments are used by Concheros dancers for singing at "velaciones" (nighttime rituals) and for dancing at "obligaciones" (dance obligations). (en)
  • Los cordófonos concheros son instrumentos de cuerda pulsada mexicanos que tienen tres variantes: * mandolino de concheros o mandolina conchera: de 4 órdenes dobles (8 cuerdas) * vihuela de concheros o vihuela conchera: de 5 órdenes dobles (10 cuerdas) * guitarra de concheros o guitarra conchera: de 6 órdenes dobles (12 cuerdas) En su estructura poseen concha de armadillo, madera con forma de concha o calabazo como caja de resonancia. Se usa en las Danzas de Concheros. El nombre de concheros deriva de la concha. (es)
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  • string (en)
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  • from lute or possibly vihuela between 16th and 19th centuries (en)
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  • Chordophone whose body is shaped like a bowl with permanently attached resonator and neck, sounded by a plectrum (en)
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  • Closeup view of a vihuela conchera, a Native-American lute from Mexico. Many modern instruments put the armadillo shell on the outside of a wooden bowl, instead of using the shell for a bowl. (en)
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  • Concheras (en)
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  • Conchas (en)
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  • Concheras or conchas are Mexican stringed-instruments, plucked by concheros dancers. The instruments were important to help preserve elements of native culture from Eurocentric-Catholic suppression. The instruments are used by Concheros dancers for singing at "velaciones" (nighttime rituals) and for dancing at "obligaciones" (dance obligations). (en)
  • Los cordófonos concheros son instrumentos de cuerda pulsada mexicanos que tienen tres variantes: * mandolino de concheros o mandolina conchera: de 4 órdenes dobles (8 cuerdas) * vihuela de concheros o vihuela conchera: de 5 órdenes dobles (10 cuerdas) * guitarra de concheros o guitarra conchera: de 6 órdenes dobles (12 cuerdas) En su estructura poseen concha de armadillo, madera con forma de concha o calabazo como caja de resonancia. Se usa en las Danzas de Concheros. El nombre de concheros deriva de la concha. (es)
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  • Concheras (en)
  • Cordófonos concheros (es)
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