Norteño (music)
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Norteño or norteña, also música norteña, is a subgenre of regional Mexican music. The music is most often based on duple and triple metre and its lyrics often deal with socially relevant topics, altho
A traditional Norteño ensemble: accordion, bajo sexto and tololoche
Ramon Ayala, a norteño musician known as the "King of the Accordion"
Los Tigres del Norte performing at a Californian casino in 2006
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Corrido
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A corrido is a narrative metrical tale and poetry that forms a ballad. The songs often feature topics such as oppression, history, daily life for criminals, the vaquero lifestyle, and other socially r
Song about the battle of Ciudad Juarez titled Toma de Ciudad Juárez
Corrido sheet music from 1915, at the height of the Mexican Revolution
A contemporary corrido song sheet of "La cucaracha" issued during the Mexican Revolution. Note the original lyrics and the reference to cartoncitos, a scrip issued as pay.