El bajo sexto: Símbolo y unificador cultural en la frontera México-Estados Unidos*

Due to a lack of research, and for being the product of a marginalized culture, there is great confusion among researchers about the origin of the musical instrument known as bajo sexto, mainly related to Norteño and Tejano conjunto. This article is not intended to be organological research; it is fundamentally an empirical analysis, based on ethnography and history, with the goal of making progress in understanding the complex field of musical instruments of the Mexican popular culture.