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La Banda Jerez (officially La Número Uno Banda Jerez) is one of the most popular Mexican bandas. La Banda Jerez's hits include "Billete Verde" and "Una Mujer Casada". The band was named after Jerez de García Salinas, Zacatecas, Mexico, where it was founded. Some of Banda Jerez's albums have been marked as containing explicit content because some songs contain controversial words and phrases. However, Banda Jerez has also produced many re-singings of traditional ranchera songs. Banda is a brass-based form of traditional Mexican music. ... The municipality of Jerez de García Salinas is located in the the center of the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. ... Zacatecas is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. ... The ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico. ...


The band ensemble consists of 3 clarinets, 3 trumpets, 3 trumpets, a tambora, a tarola, a tuba, 2 saxophones, and 3 singers. Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... Trumpeter redirects to here. ... Trumpeter redirects to here. ... Tambora, as a place name, may refer to: Mount Tambora, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa. ... The tuba is the largest of the low-brass instruments and is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ...


External links

  • Fonovisa profile of La Banda Jerez

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