The zampona was an instrument used by the Ancient Incans and other civilizations. This instrument is similar to the panpipe today but has a few differences in design. The time period of the zampona could be as long as 10,000 years ago. It was one of the most commonly used instruments by the Inca along with percussion. The zampona is an instrument that was resourcefully made and played an important role in ancient Incan culture and history by being used in many of their ceremonies, rituals, and entertainment activities. The Incas were resourceful in utilizing the materials readily available to them in making the zampona. They used materials such as metals, cane, bone, seashells, mud, wood, ceramic, and stone. The zampona was usually made of reeds, but was sometimes made of human bones, clay, or silver. The reeds were tied together by small, thin cords. Each of the reeds were tuned to a specific notes to get the desired sound. The zampona has 2 rows of pipes on it that together make up the instrument. The leader row with 6 tubes on it is called the ira and the following row with 7 tubes is called the arka. These 2 parts make up the 13 tubes of the zampona. The 2 halves of this instrument have complimentary tones, so they must be played together. This is a similar to the concept of black and white keys on the piano. One row is like the black keys, the other is the white. The complimentary tones of the zampona collectively make up an octave. There are soprano, alto, tenor, and bass zampona's that reach different octaves of the musical scale. The zampona varies greatly in sizes from 5" to 5' in order to achieve the different octaves. The bigger the zampona, the lower the octave. The smallest of the zampona's are called ch... ... middle of paper ... ...entertainment purposes. Music was often played on farmlands to make the work turn into a fun gathering. Music was also part of another ancient form of entertainment-- storytelling. Music was actually the main way that stories, history, etc. were passed from generation to generation. They also thought they could communicate this history and other things to their ancestors through music, as well as heal the sick, and it was a part of burial of the dead. Many tribes showed a strong connection between music and death like this. The Inca people were very sophisticated and resourceful. They used whatever they had to make instruments and they didn't just make them, they perfected them. They also utilized them in many important activities that they did on a daily basis. From the clues they left behind, it is very apparent that music was important to them in many ways.
The traditional dances were called he and ke and after several days of dancing was called haikil. The crafts the pomo made was animal traps made of baskets, sticks, and their nature resources. The pomo's favorite game is stick dice. It takes an hour to make an instrument, the pomo played three different kinds of phones the Idiophone, the aerophone, and the chordophone each instrument is either high pitch or low pitch but the traditional music sounds
Music and dance are important parts of Peruvian culture. “Andean Folk Music is common in Peru. People perform a stylized dance to energetic music mixed with sad songs. Popular instruments include clay panpipes, flutes, conch shell trumpets, and puma-skin drums”(Falconer, Kieran, and Quek 102). The music follows themes of religion, war, and profanity. Peruvians are always found dancing, whether at a festival, carnival, or just for fun. Music shows important parts of Peruvian culture.
The men chant and the women dance dances that matches the music. The most popular music style is Diablada. This music is performed by a zampona musician (a pan flute made of reeds), a quena(a vertical flute), drums, trumpets, cymbals, and
This primary source tells the reader a great deal about the Incas. The Incas were extremely wealthy. Most of the document tells the reader about the wealth and riches of the Incas, describing their wealth in depth. Jobs in the Incas’ society included many lavish occupations. “[M]any silversmiths who did nothing but work rich pieces of gold or fair vessels of silver; large garrisons were stationed there, and a steward who was in charge of them all” (Pedro). The Incas were organized and intelligent. Large armies were set up to protect their villages, and they had plenty of silver and gold to experiment with and create new beautiful objects. They used their systems to create a fair,
Ancestor worship was common among all classes during the Inca Empire. It was a major part of their religion to connect past and present religions. The way people worshipped depended on who they were honoring. The Inca mummified the dead to preserve them.
Since the earliest days of human civilization music has been a key tool for communication of stories which carried emotions through them. If we think back to our youngest years of life music has surrounded us whether it was from our parents singing us lullabies or from some sort of toy that played music we can say that musical melodies have helped shape or lives one way or another. Once we start growing up and figuring out who we are our musical preferences change; some people like classical and some like punk. We start to befriend people who like the same music as us and eventually we may attend a musical event. Our lives somewhat revolve around the music that we listen to.
"Music is a common experience and a large part of societies. In fact, anthropologists note that all human communities at all times and in all places, have engaged in musical behaviours. Music as a mode of human activity is a cultural phenomenon constituting a fundamental social entity as humans create music and create their relationship to music. As cultural phenomeno...
Music plays a huge role in the structure of a society. It can have both negative and positive influence on cultures and communities. First, musical sounds and instruments can be a dividing factor between the people within the same culture. These opposing social and economic identities within these cultures can lead unnecessary animosity between the members. However, music can also be one of the forces that unite members of a culture and provide a sense pride for everyone. This makes it easier for people to display their identification to that culture.
The book America’s Musical Landscape starts by looking back to early North American Music from the American Indians, to the religious and non religious music of the European and African settlers. According to the book “Native American music was and is song, sometimes supported by instruments.”1 The Native American used different types of instruments to accompany their songs or chants such as the drums, flute and rattles. Like music for us today the Native Americans used music in all different aspects of their lives. The early European settlers br...
many cultures view as an important part in their way of life. Music ranges from strictly
One important feature found in ancient Greek culture is the music. Music is considered to be important as it created an atmosphere during events such as wars, festivals, and other occasions. This element stands for sophistication, wealth, and power to a kingdom. When music is played during wars, it gives a type of tense feeling where it conveys a message reporting that both sides will never admit defeat until there is no more mercy to be held. During festivals, the music provides a light, and happy atmosphere where all people enjoy of activities and food.
The instruments used to make Mariachi music, like the guitar or violin, were introduced to Mexico by the Spaniards. Nowadays, Mariachi Music is known all around the world and there are many band groups that will go to different cities and play at events, parties, and festivals (Roldan, "Vestimenta De Los Charros O
Mainly the West Africans used percussive instruments. These drums came in all sizes ranging from ten to twelve inches to ten to twelve feet. Their drums were made out of hollowed out logs and gourds with a tight skin over the hollow. They also used idiophones to make music. They used a variety of bells, castanets, gongs, and sometimes they made small xylophones or small pianos. Aerophones weren't as prevalent as the percussions or idiophones. Some explorers made small flutes, horns and trumpets from elephant tusks.
According to his review of A Guide to Latin American Music by Gilbert Chase, Charles Seeger describes Chase’s description of the music culture, “The quantitative distribution of more than 2700 entries, which include some multiple listing, is interesting” (Seeger, 1946, 304). Chase explains a plethora of countries in Latin America and their specific musical features. Furthermore, thanks to his detailed work, the reader can see how many common features can be seen. Firstly, a common feature among all genres is the use of aerophones. The aerophones used could include, panpipes of various varieties, flutes, trumpets (as seen at the Boogat performance in Ottawa) and many more. Another common feature among all the genres is a strong rhythmic presence. In essentially all Latin American music, a steady, metrical rhythmic quality can be heard keeping the music energetic and easy to follow. To keep the rhythm, another common feature to Latin American culture is the drum. Most commonly found in the Afro-Latin genre, as a result of influence from African culture, can be seen throughout Latin America. A popularized western form of this type of music, is that of mariachi. Finally, Latin American culture is known for its vibrancy in their music. The music is generally quite expressive of feelings, strong moral messages found in protest songs, and their colorful, elaborate
Also, music plays an important role in culture by being entertaining. Let's face it; people listen to music because it's exciting! It can affect a person's thoughts and feelings towards a particular subject, but not ultimately change their mind, which is what makes it so pleasurable. What else would put life in the world if music didn't? Music provides background music for almost everything in a person's everyday life. Try to imagine what television would be like without music. There would be no catchy jingles to stupid commercials that would end up getting stuck in your head for days and no theme songs to your favorite shows. Even a movie without sound would make you not want to watch it. Whether you think so or not, a soundtrack to a movie makes a person emote to the screenplay more- it makes you feel what the actors are feeling. That is what makes it so entertaining! If there were no songs to a movie, you might as well just not watch it at all. And what about a cell phone? How would you know when to pick up your phone if you didn't hear it ring your favorite song? Hearing that ring tone on a phone provides a small source of entertainment, but also serves a very important purpose.