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