PERUVIAN MUSIC

TRADITIONAL MUSIC

• The Peru music is a fusion of sounds and styles drawing on Peru's Andean, Spanish, and African roots
• Andean music is a group of styles of music from the Andes region in South America
• Andean influences can be best heard in wind instruments and the shape of the melodies, the African influences is heard in the rhythm and percussion instruments, and European influences can be heard in the harmonies and stringed instruments

INCAS

• For the Incas, music, dance and song were defined by the term taki, Inca music was pentatonic
• The dance, music and singing were present in all community activities or rituals
• The Incas used a wide variety of musical instruments

INCAN INSTRUMENTS

• The pomatinyas: little drums made of puma skin
• The pinkullo: wind instrument similar to a flute
• The Huancar or wankara: large drum used by men
• The guayllaquepas: trumpets made of Strombus
• The antaras: panpipes made of different materials
• The tinya: small drum used by women
• The cajón is an percussion instrument developed by African slaves

HOW IT RELATES TO CULTURE

• The Peruvians used their music to express their feelings
• The Incan music is usually used to worship their Gods

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