INSTRUMENTS

 

CHARANGO

KENA

KENACHO

PEZUÑAS

PEZUÑAS

BOMBO

CHARANGO

Kind of small guitar made with the shell of an animal called "tatu". It has got 5 double strings.

KENA

Pre-colombean flute, made of reed, without mouthpiece.

KENACHO

A flute, also without mouthpiece, similar to the kena but bigger.

PEZUÑAS

Instrument made of goat hoofs tied together.

SIKU

Pan-pipe whose pipes are separated in two distinct instruments, which are played alternatively by two musicians.

BOMBO

Argentinian drum digged in the trunk of a tree hollowed by hand, and covered with the skin of a goat.

AYKHORI
TARKA
PINKILLO
CHULLCHU
ANTARA
CUATRO

AYKHORI

Big recorder made of reed. The smallest pipe is used to send the breath into the mouthpiece

TARKA

Wooden flute, appeared after the conquest.

PINKILLO

Post-colombean recorder made of reed.

CHULLCHU

Instrument made with squashed caps of bottles, with a hole in the middle, assembled together.

ANTARA

Pre-colombean pan-pipe whose
all pipes are assembled into a single instrument.

CUATRO

Venezuelian guitar with only four strings, as indicated by the name.

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