Definition of "vihuelas" []

• Plural form of vihuela. (noun)

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• "The instruments originally used by the mariachi were those introduced by the Spaniards - violins, guitars, vihuelas, harps, etc."
• "The word mariachi refers to the musicians now commonly seen in restaurants or strolling the streets, dressed in silver studded charro outfits with wide brimmed hats playing a variety of instruments which include violins, guitars, basses, vihuelas (a 5 string guitar) and trumpets."
• "The demonstrators chanted, danzantes danced, musicians strummed vihuelas, and car horns gleefully pierced the din of downtown traffic in support."