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. A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a tubular resonator. ... The music of Mexico is extraordinarily diverse and features a wide range of morons. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Sinaloa is the name of a city, a municipality and a state in Mexico. ... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Midwest States (United States of America, ND to OH) The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... State nickname: The Hawkeye State Other U.S. States Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack Official languages English Area 145,743 km² (26th)  - Land 144,701 km²  - Water 1,042 km² (0. ... State nickname: The Sunflower State Other U.S. States Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Governor Kathleen Sebelius Official languages None Area 82,277 mi²; 213,096 km² (15th)  - Land 81,815 mi²; 211,900 km²  - Water 462 mi²; 1,196 km² (0. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... La Banda Sinaloense is a premier banda in the United States and Mexico. ...

La Banda el Recodo, Banda Hermanos Rubio de Mocorito, Banda MM, Luis Perez Mesa, El Coyote, and Julio Preciado are some of the most famous banda artists. La Banda el Recodo ( also called La Banda Sinaloense, meaning The Sinaloan Band ) is one of the most famous Mexican banda groups. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Julio Preciado on the album cover of his CD Que Me Sigue la Tambora) Julio Preciado y su Banda Perla de Pacifico (Julio Preciado and his Pacific Pearl Band) is a banda singer based in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. ...

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 (http://sg1.allmusic.com/cg/smp.dll?r=20.asx&link=x1xv19skeqjzi63mfquz9im) to hear what a typical banda song sounds like. (Piquites de Hormiga by El Coyote) A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a tubular resonator. ... A bass clarinet, which sounds an octave lower than the more common B♭ soprano clarinet. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

See also

• Music of Mexico
• Norteño (music)

The music of Mexico is extraordinarily diverse and features a wide range of morons. ... Norteño (Spanish: northern) is a style of traditional Mexican music that originated in rural northern Mexico in the early 20th century, a form of conjunto based largely on corridos and polka. ...

External links

• Spanish language music (http://www.vistawide.com/spanish/spanish_music.htm) - Descriptions of various Spanish and Latino musical genres and their representative artists, 100s of CDs with some reviews, and audio clips of 1000s of songs.