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The siku is an Andean pan flute This pan flute from the Solomon Islands is made from bamboo bound with reeds and rope. A pan flute (also known as panpipes or syrinx) is a musical instrument based on the principle of the closed tube, consisting of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length (and occasionally girth). [1]
Nueva canción chilena (English: new Chilean song) was a movement and genre of Chilean music incorporating strong political and social themes, taking influences from traditional or folk music of Chile.
The siku is originally from the Aymaras of Peru and Bolivia, where a woman would play her siku as she came down from the mountains.Since the largest siku has every note (A-G), and was too big for the woman, they often got two sikus (usually smaller ones) that would be played together with someone else, so they could play them continuously after each other and thus the scales could fully be played.
Zampogna (UK: / z æ m ˈ p ɒ n j ə /, [1] US: / z æ m ˈ p oʊ n j ə, (t) s ɑː m ˈ-/, [2] Italian: [dzamˈpoɲɲa]) is a generic term for a number of Italian double chantered bagpipes that can be found throughout areas in Abruzzo, Latium, Molise, Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia, Sicily, and as far north as the southern part of the Marche.
The Google ngram-viewer shows clearly that the name "panpipes" is by far the most common; "pan flute" and "panflute" barely figure. (See this link.) In view of this the article should be moved to "Panpipes", although first it will be necessary to delete the redirect page of that name. Kanjuzi 10:39, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
Gheorghe Zamfir holding a nai. The nai has usually at least 20 pipes made of bamboo or reed.They are arranged in a curved array, allowing a greater speed of play.
A bight is a slack part in the middle of a rope, usually a curve or loop. [1] [2] Knots that can be tied without access to either end of the rope are called knots in the bight. To tie a knot with a bight is to double up the rope into a bight and then tie the knot using the double rope.
Reed pipes may be tuned in any of several ways: (1) by lengthening or shortening the vibrating length of the reed tongue by means of a wire protruding from the boot of the pipe; (2) by adjusting the effective speaking length of the resonator; (3) by adjusting the metal flap in the side of the resonator or the cap on the top of the pipe ...