Leona (instrument)

Leona.

The leona is a guitar-shaped fretted stringed instrument, from the state of Veracruz, Mexico. It has four strings and is a low pitched instrument in the son jarocho string family of instruments. The león or vozarrona, bigger than the former, is the lowest instrument in son jarocho genre.

The body of a leona is traditionally carved from a single piece of wood (traditionally Spanish cedar) and it is then hollowed out, with a separate soundboard and fingerboard applied. Other Mexican and South American folk guitars derivative of Spanish instruments are also made this way, notably the charango of Bolivia.

References

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External links

Video with leonas

Video with león

Mexican musical instruments

Plucked strings:	Chapareque Guitarra de golpe Guitarra panzona Guitarra séptima Vihuela Guitarrón Quinta huapanguera Jarana huasteca Jarana jarocha Arpa jarocha Requinto jarocho Bajo quinto / sexto Leona Concheros Bandolón Mexican salterio

Bowed strings:	Rabelito Eeng Violin raramuri

Winds:	Chirimía Radiola Tochacatl Clarín Trompa de bule Flauta de 3 hoyos Flauta de tamborileros Flauta doble de barro Silbato de la muerte

Membranophones:	Huehuetl Tambora Tamborita calentana Pandero jarocho Tigrera Tamborcillo de volador Tambor cuadrado Tambor par

Idiophones:	Teponaztli Marimba Cántaro Cajón de tapeo Marimbol Ayoyotes Güiro de pez Tambor de agua Quijada

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