Jarana Veracruzana

 
Erin plays the Jarana Veracruzanna on this piece. It is a Mexican fretted instrument she bought from a luthier in Mexico City. About the size of a Ukulele, it has a thicker body with a cedar top and nylon or gut strings in courses. Typically the jarana is an instrument from the region of Veracruz, and is used as a rhythmical instrument, along with the harp and the requinto jarocho. It generates a unique sonority that is part of the matchless sounds of jarocha music.