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The Aymara and Siku Panpipe Ensembles

The Aymara and Siku Panpipe Ensembles. By Thomas Turino (Excursions in World Music). Questions:. What are the attitudes of the boys at the beginning of the clip? What do the reactions of the bystanders watching say about their perception of the music?

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The Aymara and Siku Panpipe Ensembles

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  1. The Aymara and Siku Panpipe Ensembles By Thomas Turino (Excursions in World Music)

  2. Questions: • What are the attitudes of the boys at the beginning of the clip? • What do the reactions of the bystanders watching say about their perception of the music? • What kind of sense of community is displayed between the two ensembles?

  3. The Aymara of Southern Peru • Located in the Andean Highlands. • While the Aymara people have mixed with the mestizos, their music has remained predominately autonomous.

  4. Siku • Panpipes – each have different lengths of reed or cane tubes, lashed together, each tuned to a specific note. • Double rows split between two players.

  5. Pinkillus and Tarkas • Vertical flutes with a recorder-like mouthpiece. • Siku ensembles and Tarkas ensembles do not mix each others instruments.

  6. Wankara and Bombos • Large double-headed bass drums. • Used in panpipe ensembles.

  7. Cajas • Traditional double sided drums. • They have snares much like Western snare drums. • These drums are used in pinkillus ensembles.

  8. String Instruments • Brought to Peru by the Spanish • Harps, violins and guitars have been incorporated • Charango – 10 stringed Andean guitar variant the size of a ukulele.

  9. Festivals and Celebrations • Music is an essential part to these celebrations. • Celebrations can include: • Local Aymara deities. • Weddings, first haircuts. • Catholic holidays. • Ancestors. • Building Projects.

  10. Community Music • Ensembles can include players with wide ranges of skill. • Each member is valued equally. • There are no soloists. • The ensembles are taught to play with one sound.

  11. Siku Cooperative Style • Sikuplayers each have 7 notes of a 14 note scale. • They play them in an interlocking (hocket) style. • Each group of siku playershas pairs of two players. • Siku Ensembles are onlycomprised of men.Women sing and dance.

  12. Closing Question • Question: How did South Park address the sense of community in Peruvian music? How did their bystander characters reflect an opinion of the general American population?

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