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

charango: ten-stringed instrument made from an armadillo shell or carved out of one piece of wood

cuatro: four-stringed ukulele-like instrument from Venezuela

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)

photo by Emilio Torres

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quena: pre-Columbian vertical notched flute from Bolivia or Peru made of cane, originally made of clay or bone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).
 

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Chaski performs and records Latin American folk music that features traditional instruments, colorful costumes, cultural insight, Andean dances, and audience participation.  Instruments include flute, zampoñas (panpipes), quena, harp, cuatro, guitar, charango, bombo, maracas, and more.

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