The canción sentimental mexicana is a Mexican stylized song, commonly accompanied by

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

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. The lyrics of songs are typically of a poetic and romantic nature, in free prose. Popular composers were

Manuel Ponce Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar (8 December 1882 – 24 April 1948) was a Mexican composer active in the 20th century. His work as a composer, music educator and scholar of Mexican music connected the concert scene with a mostly forgotten traditio ...

and Tata Nacho.

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Araiza sings "Estrellita" (Ponce)Carreras sings "Íntima" (Tata Nacho)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cancion mexicana Mexican styles of music