MUS 133 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ayllu, Social Stratification, National Language
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Another, multiple identities per person, multiple persons per identity: indigenous communities: social structure and ethics, ayllu: indigenous communities. Festivals: representation of community (ayllu, music and ayllus (aymara communities in conima (peru, competition between different ayllus, in general: Every kind of instrument one ensemble; no mixing of instruments. Ensemble combinations according to region: wide tuning, form: Fast = happy; slow = sad : instrument/ensemble, siku. Panpipe: dry season, one row per musician = one melody two performers. Genres: wayno lento (slow) - sad/solemn/serious, lento"s concluding phrase = drawn sound, wayno ligero (fast) - happy/celebratory/social dances, ligero"s concluding phrase = it is called chuta-chuta; repeated alternated (ira-arca) blows in the instrument, pitu, cane transverse flute. Events/context: costume dance dramas during christmas and weddings, no season association, pinkillu, cane vertical duct flute, rainy season. Texture: wide unison; large ensembles; large bass drums (cajas, tarkas, wooden duct flute. Timbre: split the octave - fuzzy-buzzy sound.