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Video description:
Titicaca Lake
Espiritu Andino or
Andean Spirit is a group of talented musicians from various
South-American countries, founded in 2005. Members: Faustino Cutipa
(Peru), Martin Costelo (Peru), Gabriel Davila (Bolivia), Erubey Puente
(USA, Ecuador), and Oscar Echevarria (Peru).
Instruments: antara, charango, siku, zampona, quena,
rondador, bombo, cajon.
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The antara is a panpipe of only one tier of pipes of cane of different
lengths, which expresses each one a height.
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The charango is a small South American stringed instrument of the lute
family, about 66 cm long, traditionally made with the shell of the back
of an armadillo. It typically has 10 strings in five courses of 2
strings each, although other variations exist.
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The siku (Quechua) or zampoña (Spanish), is a traditional Andean panpipe.
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The quena is the traditional flute of the Andes. Usually made of bamboo,
it has 6 finger holes and one thumb hole and is open on both ends.
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The rondador is a set of chorded bamboo panpipes that produces two tones simultaneously.
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A bombo is a kind of bass drum used
in traditional music in Spain, Portugal and South America.
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A cajón is a kind of box drum played
by slapping the front face (generally thin plywood) with the hands. The
cajón is the most widely used Afro-Peruvian musical instrument in the
20th century.
The San Juanito is a very distinctive four-beat rhythm with heavily
accented primary beats. The general form itself is from Ecuador, and has
several dozen variants from different regions. The rondador is very
often used in the "San Juanito."
El Condor Pasa is a typical
Inca dance, based on authentic Incan folk melodies. Around 1916,
Peruvian composer Daniel Alomia Robles
notated this popular traditional melody and used it as the basis
for an instrumental suite. The English Lyrics, 'If I could, I
surely would' words, are by Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)!
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| By Antonio Gutierrez |
Last updated: December 10,
2008 |
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