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  2. Music of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian music is an amalgamation of sounds and styles drawing on Peru's Andean, Spanish, and African roots. Andean influences can perhaps be best heard in wind instruments and the shape of the melodies, while the African influences can be heard in the rhythm and percussion instruments, and European influences can be heard in the harmonies and stringed instruments.

  3. Charango - Wikipedia

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    Wood is more commonly used in modern instruments. [2] Charangos for children may also be made from calabash. [3] Many contemporary charangos are now made with different types of wood. It typically has ten strings in five courses of two strings each, but many other variations exist. The charango was primarily played in traditional Andean music.

  4. Andean music - Wikipedia

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    Street band from Peru performing El Cóndor Pasa in Tokyo. Andean music is a group of styles of music from the Andes region in South America.. Original chants and melodies come from the general area inhabited by Quechuas (originally from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile), Aymaras (originally from Bolivia), and other peoples who lived roughly in the area of the Inca Empire prior to European contact.

  5. Cajón - Wikipedia

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    Sounds of a cajón in use. A cajón (Spanish: ka-KHON; "box, crate, drawer") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks.

  6. Latin percussion - Wikipedia

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    Latin percussion is a family of percussion, ... lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. Instruments ... (Peru, Bolivia, South Ecuador, Argentina ...

  7. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    The musical instrument, which has 6 wires and is the main instrument in traditional Iranian music, is produced by Mazzrab. 314.122-4: Ireland: Irish Harp (Cruit or Cláirseach) Polychord wire-strung harp with a fore-pillar 322.221: Ireland: Great Irish Warpipes Píob Mhór: In modern times this instrument is essentially identical to the Great ...

  8. Category:Peruvian musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Peruvian musical instruments" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cajón;

  9. Huayno - Wikipedia

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    The history of Huayno dates back to colonial Peru as a combination of traditional rural folk music and popular urban dance music. High-pitched vocals are accompanied by a variety of instruments, including quena (flute), harp, siku (panpipe), accordion, saxophone, charango, lute, violin, guitar, and mandolin.