Jazz Articles about Takillacta

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

by C. Michael Bailey
November 25, 2002

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 ...