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Any where in the world you go you will see different cultures celebrating music a different way whether it be with just instruments or dance. In the spanish culture music is expressed both with instruments alone or dancing. The spanish have groups of people playing many different caustic instruments these bands are known as meriachy bands. A group of usually men stand around in a half circle playing violins, trumpets, Spanish guitar, a vihuela (a high-pitched, five-string guitar) and a guitarrón (a small-scaled acoustic bass) these bands can be up to 20 people. As well as a meriachi band the spanish culture celebrates through dance such as the salsa, where they move quite fast using a majority of their body in their movements, this is usually

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