Banda

Banda Although banda is a generic term for a variety of ensembles consisting of brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments found throughout Spain’s former colonies in Latin America, it has come to designate a specific regional band style from the state of Sinaloa on Mexico’s northwest coast. The banda sinaloense (Sinaloan banda), or simply banda, which gained a reputation in the international popular music market at the close of the 20th century, typically consists of clarinets, trumpets…