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Son calentano is a largely instrumental dance music from the Tierra Caliente region of Mexico (principally Guerrero, Michoacán, and the State of Mexico). It is led by an ornamented, highly agile violin voice accompanied by strummed guitars and a small double‑headed drum called tamborita. Its hallmark metric feel is the sesquialtera (the interplay between 3/4 and 6/8), with backbeats or off‑beat accents marked by the guitar and tamborita. Performances are commonly by conjunto calentano ensembles and are traditionally paired with dancers who stomp on a wooden platform (tarima), adding percussive drive to the texture.