afoxé: percussion instrument played by rubbing strings of beads around a cylinder![]()
alto flute: a modern flute that plays one fourth lower than a regular concert flute
ayarachi: Bolivian
panpipes with a pentatonic scale
bombo: goatskin drum from Bolivia carved out of a tree trunk, used with mallets or sticks
cavaquinho: a high-pitched, four-stringed instrument from Brazil
chajchas: goat toe rattle from Bolivia, called uñas in Spanish![]()
charango: ten-stringed instrument made from an armadillo shell or carved out of one piece of wood
claves: a pair of hardwood dowels struck together![]()
cuatro: four-stringed ukulele-like instrument from Venezuela
doumbek: Middle-Eastern ceramic hand drum with pitch variation![]()
flute: modern concert flute made of platinum, gold and silver
güiro: fish-shaped scraper from the Caribbean used throughout Latin America
guitar: a six-stringed strummed instrument widely used throughout Latin America
harp:
small, double-action Pilgrim pedal harp (http://www.pilgrimharps.co.uk)
maracas: gourd rattles, typical in Caribbean countries
matraka: ratchet-type noisemaker in the shape of a box with a handle, used in festivals
palmas: rhythmic hand clapping
pandeiro: used in Brazil, similar to the tambourine
quena:
pre-Columbian vertical notched flute from Bolivia or Peru made of cane,
originally made of clay or bone
quenacho: similar to a quena
but larger

The
Bolivian quenacho pictured here is the one used by Adrienne Inglis to
dub Bill's flute playing in the 2004 film Kill Bill Vol. 2.
rondador: a configuration of panpipe unique to Ecuador that allows two notes to be played at once
ronroco: large
charango with a deeper pitch

Photo by
Emilio Torres used in a Brokeback Mountain DVD
special feature interview of Gustavo
Santaolalla
surdo: large Brazilian bass drum used with a large mallet
tamborim: small Brazilian drum beaten with a stick
tarka: recorder-like wind instrument made of Mahogany and invented in the twentieth century
transverse flute: made of boxwood, a copy of an early eighteenth century Thomas Lot flute
triangle: triangular metal alloy percussion instrument with a metal striker
vihuela: five-stringed curved back guitar typical of central México
zampoñas:
panpipes from Bolivia made of cane. The four sizes used in our
performances are toyos, semi-toyas, zankas, and ikas (from large to
small).
Click here to order instruments
from Lark in the Morning
Rumillajta http://www.rumillajta.com/index.html
Andean Nation http://www.andeannation.com/
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