Sikus o Zamponias-Rondador-Zanka-Quenas
Siku: Not to be mistaken for the European panflute, the siku (in Quechua and Aymara) or zampoņa (in Spanish), is a cane panpipe native to the highlands surrounding lake Titicaca, between Perú and Bolivia. The siku has two separate rows of pipes open at one end and closed at the other, with each row containing every other note of the musical scale. Usually, there is a row of six pipes, called the ira, and one of seven, known as the arca. The pipes are held in place by two or more straps, also made of cane, running across the width of the instrument, and by threads or cloth braided between the pipes and attached to the straps. Present-day sikus are made from highland bamboo and from chuqui, a cane found in the outskirts of many Peruvian forests. In Bolivia, a cane called zongo is also used. In ancient times, sikus were also made of clay or stone.
Charango
The charango is a small ten string lute that originated in South America. The back of the instrument is traditionally fashioned from an armadillo. When the Spaniards came to South America, they brought the vihuela (an ancestor of the guitar) with them. The native people liked the vihuela, but lacked the technology to shape the wood in that manner. However, there was a convenient resource available to them: armadillo shells. Thus the charango was born. It was a happy day for music, but a sad day for armadillos. But it is a rare creature that makes music after death. Legend has it that the armadillo has to go to a conservatory for five years to study to become a charango. Today, many of the best charangos have wooden backs instead of employing the armadillo shell.
Bombo
A cylindrical shaped drum found in the Andean region and popular in the styles found in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru. The drum is played with a stick and a mallet which strike the wooden rims and the head. The body of the drum is made out of a hollow tree, with the mounted skins retaining the animal's fur, thus producing a very distinctive mellow and deep tone
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Quena: The quena is an Andean instrument of pre-millenerian origin. Thanks to its musical flexibility (being so adaptable and tunable in so great a variety of ways), it holds a position of substantial prominence. It can be made of wood or bamboo, though its ancestors were also made of clay, stone and bone, especially the wing bones of the condor. The quena is a vertical flute, tubular in shape, open at both ends, with a U-shaped mouthpiece that is placed at the tip of the lower lip when blowing air to produce sound. It has six finger-holes in front and one in the back. Quenas are available in a variety of sizes, according to purpose and to local customs.
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