A guitar-like string instrument from Mexico. There are different regional versions of the jarana, notably: jarana huasteca, of the Huastec region, jarana jarocha (pictured), of Veracruz, and jarana yucateca, of Yucatán.

The jarana jarocha is typically strung with 8 strings in 5 courses, usually arranged in 2 single outer strings with 3 double courses in between.

The body is traditionally carved from a solid piece of wood (usually Spanish cedar) and then hollowed out, with a separate soundboard and fingerboard applied. It is somewhat narrower than a guitar due to its direct lineage from the Spanish baroque guitar of the 16th century. Other Mexican and South American folk guitars derived from Spanish instruments are also made this way, notably the charango of Bolivia.