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32-426: A minimum mariachi group has 2 violins, 2 trumpets, 1 guitarrón, 1 guitar, and 1 vihuela. Complete mariachi groups have a minimum of 12 members with the standard 6 violins, 3 trumpets, 1 guitarrón, 1 guitar and 1 vihuela. A 13th member is often a harp, an extra violin, or an extra guitar. The Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán currently has fourteen members, distributed as follows. The history of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán

64-579: A Mariachi contest celebrated in Guadalajara . Then again, in Mexico City , in 1934, they were awarded another first place prize. President Lázaro Cárdenas , who enjoyed the music of "Vargas", subsequently had the group hired as the official mariachi of the Mexico City Police Department and the group moved to Mexico City where they remained for 20 years. They provided music and entertainment for

96-623: A composer. Their recordings on Polygram with this generation include are, "El Mariachi Vargas", "En Concierto", "Los sones Reyes", "La fiesta del Mariachi" and "50 anniversary of Rubén Fuentes". Rubén Fuentes's arrangements and music with the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán are the first five recordings for the one-hundredth anniversary of the foundation of "Vargas" in 1997. In 2003 Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán began its fifth generation. Their latest recordings are, "5ta Generacion", "Sinfonico I", "Sinfonico II", and "Penas, Desengaños... Y Amores". Today

128-677: A ring selling fake-brand power generators. The reason for their visit to Mexico is unclear. In relation to the disappearance of the three Italians, one of the leaders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel , José Guadalupe Rodríguez Castillo known as 'El 15', was captured by the Federal Prosecution Office in July 2018. It remains unclear what happened to the Italians. On July 2, 2018, the mayor of Tecalitlán, Víctor Díaz Contreras,

160-512: Is a unit of loudness , the subjective perception of sound pressure . The study of perceived loudness is included in the topic of psychoacoustics and employs methods of psychophysics . Doubling the perceived loudness doubles the sone value. Proposed by Stanley Smith Stevens in 1936, it is not an SI unit . According to Stevens' definition, a loudness of 1 sone is equivalent to 40  phons (a 1  kHz tone at 40  dB SPL ). The phons scale aligns with dB, not with loudness, so

192-442: Is a town and municipality in the central Pacific coastal state of Jalisco , Mexico . Located just south of Ciudad Guzmán , the population of the municipality was 16,705 as of 2020. One of Tecalitlán's major industries was sugar cane, which ended about thirty years ago. Nowadays, the economy relies on agriculture, such as the rearing of cattle, pigs, chickens, and goats. Many Tecalitlán families rely on relatives who immigrated to

224-558: Is an emotional roller coaster from the height of happiness to the despair of a broken heart or a lost love. As much in Mexico as in foreign countries the Sones and Huapangos acquire new directions. In the 1970s interest in mariachi music was waning. But all that changed when San Antonio, Texas held its first international mariachi conference in September 1979. In 1975, Jose "Pepe" Martinez, Sr. became

256-402: Is divided into five phases (or generations); the first generation from 1897 to 1930, the second from 1931 to 1949, the third from 1950 to 1993, the fourth from 1994 to 2002 and the fifth since 2003 to date. The Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán was born in a small city called Tecalitlán , to the south of Jalisco . Founded in 1897 by Don Gaspar Vargas the formation during those years was provided by

288-583: The Mariachi Vargas at the Tucson International Mariachi Conference where she sang publicly in Spanish for the first time. In 1987 she released her "Canciones de mi Padre" album featuring Mariachi Vargas which won her a Grammy award for the album. She also went on a national tour with the group, giving greater international exposure to mariachi music than ever before and creating a new audience for mariachi music among non-Hispanics. In 1989,

320-503: The Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán was redirected without the abandonment of its roots or traditions. The Huapangos and Sones (which were two very distinctive styles of the mariachi music) were being interpreted in many diverse and different ways. The Mariachi Vargas recorded the Sones with arrangements and adaptations as patterns for other groups. This stratagem promoted the concept that all mariachi groups could be unified to those versions by taking them as examples. The traditional songs and

352-522: The Mariachi Vargas released their "En Concierto" CD featuring some of the greatest renderings of classical music ever played by a mariachi group. They also accompanied Lucero in the 1990s as she rose in the ranks of contemporary musical stardom. The Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán initiated a series of solo recordings: Sones , Valses, Pasos Dobles, Bailes Regionales, Polkas , Clasico e International, etc. They have added more than 50 recordings of mariachi music interpreted by what has become "The Best Mariachi in

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384-519: The United States to send money back. Tecalitlán is at the heart of the region where mariachi music was developed, and in fact the most famous exponent of that genre, Vargas de Tecalitlán , was founded there in the 1890s (though now resident in Mexico City ). There is a museum of this mariachi in Tecalitlán. Tecalitlán has many traditions, such as the fiestas de diciembre which celebrates religion and

416-455: The World." It is known by all mariachi lovers that this generation was the most talented group of musicians performing since 100 years of their foundation. In their album "La fiesta del Mariachi", Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, fourth generation, the group integrates to make a tribute to Jose "Pepe" Martínez, who besides his magnificent musical arrangements and direction of the group, inspired many as

448-421: The boys, but lock arms with each other and chat as they walk. Street vendors sell hollowed out egg shells filled with confetti which is cracked over the heads of someone they admire passing the opposite way. It's a special experience and honor, as it shows who is admired, while they continue to walk and are seen by everyone. The parents and older folks sit on the benches along the sidewalk and chat, enjoying watching

480-432: The capital city at its parks and gardens. Beginning in 1937, the Mariachi Vargas appeared in "Asi es mi Tierra", the first of its more than 200 motion pictures. They played in many of Pedro Infante's movies as well. In that same year they recorded their first record and signed an exclusive contract with RCA . In 1941, the group definitively integrated the trumpet into their musical interpretations. Miguel Martínez Domínguez

512-483: The frequency response of human hearing , via a set of equal-loudness contours , and then the loudness level in phons is mapped to loudness in sones via the same power law. Loudness N in sones (for L N > 40 phon): or loudness level L N in phons (for N > 1 sone): Corrections are needed at lower levels, near the threshold of hearing. These formulas are for single-frequency sine waves or narrowband signals. For multi-component or broadband signals,

544-469: The group is composed of one harp, one vihuela, one guitar, one guitarron, three trumpets and six violins. With the added instruments, a new sound has emerged that crosses all international borders. The music they play now ranges from the traditional sones to classical works as well as popurris that continue to delight audiences everywhere. In the 100 years since its foundation, the group has gone through some major changes. While there has been some departure from

576-411: The group's sound. To overcome the unsavory connotations that the term "mariachis" had for the public in those days, the two leaders also updated the group's image by demanding professional presentation. Fuentes took complete responsibility for the group's musical direction, and enriched the evolution that for many years had conserved the primitive and unstudied qualities of mariachi. The changing sound of

608-460: The group. However, to date he maintains his position as producer, musical arranger and musical director, assisted during this first age by Jesús Rodríguez de Hijar and, under both, the administrative and leadership skills of Silvestre Vargas. In 1966 Rubén Fuentes wrote " La Bikina ", a song that was recognized as the epitome of this Revolutionary New Harmony and sound of the mariachi. He continues to write and produce music for Mariachi Vargas that takes

640-422: The guitarra de golpe (or mariachera ) played precisely by Don Gaspar, the wooden harp by Manuel Mendoza, and two violins played by Lino Quintero and Refugio Hernandez. The combination of these instruments established the "Sonido Tecalitlán" which distinguished from the "Sonido Cocula ". (The Mariachi from Cocula utilized the guitarron and the vihuela in place of the harp and the guitarra de golpe aside from

672-438: The guitarron, although still preserving the wooden harp. It was Silvestre who possessed a dream that his group would one day be the greatest mariachi in all Mexico and he was relentless in his pursuit of fulfilling that dream. The Mariachi Vargas was something of an oddity in the early 1930s; the members were all dressed in charro suits, they showed up on time for performances, and they were sober. In 1933 they won first place in

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704-455: The leadership of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán over to his son, Silvestre. As the first step in his reorganization Silvestre decided to enlarge the group to eight musicians. He invited his compatriots, the Quintero brothers, Rafael and Jeronimo to join. One played a violin and the other a guitar. Later he would add another violin played by Santiago Torres. He moved Trinidad Olivera from the violin to

736-486: The love toward the Virgin of Guadalupe. People in this town are very friendly. A very interesting tradition, alive to the modern day, is that every Sunday after mass, people visit the center of the town (Jardin) and spend their afternoon socializing. In Jardin, girls walk one way, boys the other way, on the sidewalk around the park, so they can face each other and check each other out. Culturally, girls do not stare directly at

768-596: The musical director of Mariachi Vargas. He wrote many arrangements including "Violin Huapango" which individually showcase the different instruments and members in the group. In 1983, the Mariachi Vargas appeared for the first time at the Tucson International Mariachi Conference. A new movement began to grow and many other conferences began to develop. The Mariachi Vargas was often chosen as the headline performer. In 1986, Linda Ronstadt appeared with

800-562: The original sound of the mariachi began to mature in the 1950s. It was during the recordings of the "Golden Age of the Huapangos" that the compositions, arrangements and musical direction of Rubén Fuentes, and the unequaled voice of Miguel Aceves Mejía, initiated a musical shift that would change the sound and instrumentation of the mariachi. Due to the fact they change mariachi from the start they choose to keep it in away that it would still be traditional. In 1955 Rubén Fuentes stopped performing in

832-408: The sone and phon scales are not proportional. Rather, the loudness in sones is, at least very nearly, a power law function of the signal intensity, with an exponent of 0.3. With this exponent, each 10 phon increase (or 10 dB at 1 kHz) produces almost exactly a doubling of the loudness in sones. At frequencies other than 1 kHz, the loudness level in phons is calibrated according to

864-480: The tradition during that time, the group has maintained its roots through the playing of traditional Mexican sones. In 1997, "Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán" celebrated its first One Hundred years of foundation. One of the most popular writers was Mario Vargas. From 1937 until now (2009), the Mariachi Vargas has produced over 50 recordings, whose contents are Huastecos sones, waltzes, popurris, polkas, huapango, cumbias, among others. Tecalitl%C3%A1n Tecalitlán

896-532: The two violins). In 1913, Don Gaspar introduced one trumpet to the group but it was not well accepted and, in later performances, its high-pitched sound was considered annoying. The cornet was replaced by another violin. The group consisted then of five elements. The son of Don Gaspar Vargas, Silvestre Vargas , joined as a violinist in 1921. From 1926 the group consisted of Gaspar Vargas - Guitarra de golpe, Manuel Mendoza - Harp, Silvestre Vargas, Trinidad Olivera and Nicolas Torres - Violins. In 1931 Gaspar Vargas turned

928-500: The young people interact in a safe environment. There is the cerro de la cruz, a mountain were there is a cross that people go to visit and offer sacrifices. A local culinary specialty is birria , a savory stew made from goat meat and other ingredients. There are also other foods like tacos, sopes, pozole, tostadas, enchiladas and many more Mexican traditional foods. Comedian/singer Cessy Casanova , whose father and brother have been guitarron players with Vargas de Tecalitlán,

960-478: Was born and raised here. On December 11, 2010, a gun battle between rival gangs killed 11 people during a Virgin of Guadalupe celebration. Armed men arrived in three cars and opened fire on another group of gunmen in the main plaza of Tecalitlán. In January 2018, three Italian businessmen were abducted by a group of corrupted police officers linked with a local gang. The Italian men, originating from Naples , are suspected by Mexican prosecutors of having been part of

992-472: Was shot to death by an unidentified group of vigilantes when traveling in his car in the town part Emiliano Zapata. A municipal employee who was accompanying the mayor was injured. Víctor Díaz Contreras was a member of the then-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party and one of the youngest mayors in the state. 19°28′N 103°18′W  /  19.467°N 103.300°W  / 19.467; -103.300 Sones The sone ( / ˈ s oʊ n / )

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1024-456: Was the first trumpet player for Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán; he is considered the creator of the mariachi-style trumpet as well as its best performer, teacher, and exemplar. In 1944, Rubén Fuentes , a classical violinist with no background in mariachi music, was asked by Silvestre to join the group. Fuentes joined as a violinist and took over as music arranger. Silvestre Vargas and Ruben Fuentes reorganized Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán and changed

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