El Ahualulco Instrument Analysis

The song we are going to analyze is track 20, which is “El Ahualulco”. The composer is anonymous and was performed by the Conjunto Hueyapan. This genre music came from the Son Jarocho, where insturments such as the harp, jarana jarocho, and requinto jarocho are being played. The harp is something very noticeable in son jarocho. The harp is a 36-string non pedal harp, it functions as a lead and bass instrument. Another instrument used is the jarana jarocha which is an 8-string small and flat instrument. The use of this instrument is to create rhythm with a strumming pattern called rasgueo. The last instrument being used is the requinto jarocho. This instrument has 4-strings and is played with a long pick called pua. This function of this instrument