Jarabe

The jarabe is one of the most traditional song forms of the mariachi genre.

Typically, a jarabe will go from a 68 to others sections with 34, 24, return to 68 and end in another meter.

While most jarabes from Jalisco are not sung, those from Zacatecas do have verses.

[1] Jarabe verses were a vehicle of popular resistance during the Mexican Revolution.

While church and state decried them as immoral and subversive, and the accompanying dance as lascivious, the people felt the jarabe represented them and their political aspirations.