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Peru

Instruments

Name: Antara.

Type: Panpipes > Aerophone.

Region: Peru > South America.

Acquisition Date: Circa year 1997.

Acquisition Source: Lark in the Morning, Seattle USA.

Description: The Antara is a single row panpipe tuned to the pentatonic scale. The antara and sikus are both pre-colombian in origin. The relationship between the antara and the zampoņas may have the same origins though they do differ from each other in their respective tunings and construction. The antara are played solo, or traditionally with percussion or in recent additions of many of the Andean instrumental ensembles. The antara has a total of 14 tubes; two "bridges" or stripes of bamboo are tied on to the bamboo tubes with thread the bamboo stripes and tied thread provide structural support for the tubes. Each of the bamboo supports are tied together with coloured thread.

 

Antara Tuning
Low Pitch D E G A B d', g', b", e" to high pitch

 

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