page_title: Concheros string instruments
hierarchical_section_title: Concheros string instruments
caption_attribution_description: English: Player of conchero guitars
context_page_description: The concheros string instruments are Mexican plucked instruments that consist of three variants:
  mandolino de concheros or mandolina conchera: with 4 double courses
  vihuela de concheros or vihuela conchera: with 5 double courses
  guitarra de concheros or guitarra conchera: with 6 double courses
  In their structure these instruments have a concha, a shell-like wood body or a gourd as resonance box. These instruments are used by Concheros dancers for singing at "velaciones" and for dancing at "obligaciones".
context_section_description: The concheros string instruments are Mexican plucked instruments that consist of three variants:
  mandolino de concheros or mandolina conchera: with 4 double courses (8 strings)
  vihuela de concheros or vihuela conchera: with 5 double courses (10 strings)
  guitarra de concheros or guitarra conchera: with 6 double courses (12 strings)
  In their structure these instruments have a concha (armadillo shell), a shell-like wood body or a gourd as resonance box. These instruments are used by Concheros dancers for singing at "velaciones" (nighttime rituals) and for dancing at "obligaciones" (dance obligations).
caption: Conchero
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