Son jarocho | |
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![]() Los Cojolites musical ensemble | |
Stylistic origins | Baroque Andalusian folklore (fandango), Music of West Africa, Indigenous Music of Mexico |
Cultural origins | 18th century Veracruz |
Typical instruments | vocals, requinto, jarana, arpa jarocha, leona, pandero, quijada, marimbol |
Derivative forms | Related genres: Cuban punto, Cuban guajira, Venezuelan joropo, Panamanian mejorana, Peruvian zamacueca, Chilean cueca |
Other topics | |
Charro – Jarabe tapatío – Zapateado-Mariachi-Huapango-Son Huasteco |
Son jarocho ("Veracruz Sound") is a regional folk musical style of Mexican Son from Veracruz, a Mexican state along the Gulf of Mexico. It evolved over the last two and a half centuries along the coastal portions of southern Tamaulipas state and Veracruz state, hence the term jarocho, a colloquial term for people or things from the port city of Veracruz.