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Takillacta: Andean Songs--Takillacta: Music of the People

Read "Andean Songs--Takillacta: Music of the People" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Don’t Cry for Me, Peru...

Central to the music of the Andes presented here is the "Andean" flute. Traditionally made with clay, animal bones, or silver, the contemporary Sikus are constructed from bamboo pipes of differing lengths, lashed together with leather (this instrument is sometimes referred to as the pan flute). A second Andean flute is the Quena, a single piece of bamboo, played vertically by covering and uncovering nine holes in the shaft. This music also employs the folk ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Andean...

Unknown label
2002

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