Traditional Mesoamerican Musical Instruments
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Turtle
Ayotles is a noise instrument. It consists of a
turtle shell played as a percussion on its face
convex. In the past, a box was usually added to it
wood resonance, placed underneath the
instrument. (Castillo, 1981). The turtle shell is
suspended touch from the neck at chest height.
on occasions they can be seen armed with more than one
shell and struck with two sticks.
Chirimía
Chirimía is a wind instrument made of wood. It is
a kind of primitive oboe brought to America by the Spanish
and whose origin is probably Arabic. The chirimía produces
sounds full of much sadness. Some describe it as a
crying
Chinchín
Chinchines is a noise instrument that consists of a
medium zucchini (gourd) half full of cereal. It has a handle of
wood to hold it and it is usually played by making a
back-and-forth movement. The chinchin had an extensive area of use,
well included a large part of the continent, including States
United, Mexico and Central America
Marimba
The marimba is a musical idiophone instrument, composed
basically made of a series of hardwood tablets,
suspended in their vibration nodes with respective
resonators, arranged on a structure also of
wood, with four legs. When hitting each plank with the
drumsticks, the sound is transmitted to its corresponding
gourd, bamboo, wood or metal resonator,
thus providing the necessary amplification.
drum
He takes care of usdrumtubular-shaped americano that
they used theAztecsand other related cultures. It was built
with the hollowed trunk of a tree, placed vertically and
open at the back. It can be struck by hand or with drumsticks
wood. It was supported by three carved stands at the base, in the
that had slots. The top was covered with a
skinstretched, generally ofocelotJust like theteponaxtle,
it had carved figures and legends related to the rituals to which it
destined, whether human figures, zoomorphic or geometric.
The Tunkul
The Tunkul or Drum is very well known and used by the peoples of
Mesoamerica. Generally, its body is constructed with
resonant quality wood, but they also made it from clay.
The top was provided with a patch, usually
jaguar, deer or boar skin.
Ocarina
The ocarina is a wind musical instrument. According to the Master in
Music Education and Bachelor of MusicRené Argueta Fernández.
The ocarina belongs to the family of aerophones. It is made of
natural materials like clay, have one or more cavities or
sound chambers that allow for sound amplification and a mouthpiece
through which the sound is transferred. The holes that are
placed around allow for the production of various sounds. It is, moreover, a
an instrument that belongs to various cultures of the world, that is why
what is in Africa, Asia and inAmerica. InGuatemalathey have
found a variety of ocarinas with zoomorphic figures belonging to the
millenary Mayan culture
Scraper
Scrapers onepercussion instrumentserrated and of very origin
Ancient. In the past, scrapers were made with bones.
humans, often phallic in shape and used in rituals of
erotic character or to pay tribute to the deceased bodies of the
great lords. Their sound depends on the material they were made of.
manufactured as well as the number of slots and their size
Tun
Tunes a percussion instrument. It consists of a hollow cylinder of
wood in whose curved walls grooves have been made, forming
two flaps hanging from the same cylinder, which touch at
percussion. The extent of its sound depends on the size of the
tongues and it is played with the fingers or with two wooden sticks
at the ends there is a small rubber ball or latex.
the range of its sound was used as a weapon in
magical and religious ceremonies or to convey messages in the jungle.
The teponaxtle is also a variant of the tun and is characterized by its
zoomorphic quality
El Teponaxtle
Species of Tun. It is characterized by being externally engraved with
crouching zoomorphic figures.
Tzicolaj
Tzicolajes is a musical instrument used by theindigenous
primitives in their practicesliturgicaland for that reason, their music is
considered sacred. Technically, the tzicolaj is nothing more than a
flute fully made of cane with a straight mouthpiece,
like those of an organ pipe. It has three to four
intonation holes and their timbre is sweet and pleasant
The Guacalitos
Mayan musical percussion instrument that consists of two ear pads.
made from the fruit of the morro tree cut in half and that to the
hitting each other produces rhythmic sound. Its outer part is
painted black and has various figures carved.