Music WorkShops
Traditional wind instruments of the Andes:
Chili, Malta, Bastos and Toyos
Students will learn the different sounds of the siku (pipe flute)
Sergio will bring all sizes of his flutes, the smallest, one inch, through the biggest almost 5 feet long. He will play all the flutes using one melody to differentiate all the notes of each flute.
| Quenas (like recorder flute) Quenilla, Quena, Quenacho Sergio will show all his family of quenas; Sergio will play the quena to show how 3 octaves can be played on just one wooden or bamboo flute. From the high pitch on quenillas to the low, deep pitch on quenacho. |
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| Traditional string instruments of the Andes: Hulaycho, Charango, Ronroco Three different sizes of charangos. A melody will be played on each one so the students can hear the differences on these strings. Sergio will talk about the charango history and tuning.Charangos are made from Peruvian Armadillo shells and some are from wood. |
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| Traditional percussion instruments of the Andes: Bombo, (animal skin drum), Chakchas (made fron fruiut seeds or animal hooves), Rainstick, Peruvian Maracas Students can learn to play a melody from the Andes on the sikus, or can learn a full song. Younger students can learn to play a rhythms from the different regions on our percussion instruments. Techniques used to blow the sikus and how Sergio learned as a child to play the siku. |
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