Leona (instrument)

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Leona.

The leona is a guitar-shaped fretted stringed instrument, from the state of Veracruz, Mexico. It has four strings and is a low pitched instrument in the son jarocho string family of instruments. The león or vozarrona, bigger than the former, is the lowest instrument in son jarocho genre.

The body of a leona is traditionally carved from a single piece of wood (traditionally Spanish cedar) and it is then hollowed out, with a separate soundboard and fingerboard applied. Other Mexican and South American folk guitars derivative of Spanish instruments are also made this way, notably the charango of Bolivia.

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    Mexican musical instruments
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    Winds:
    • Chirimía
    • Radiola
    • Tochacatl
    • Clarín
    • Trompa de bule
    • Flauta de 3 hoyos
    • Flauta de tamborileros
    • Flauta doble de barro
    • Silbato de la muerte
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