Name: Moceños or Mohoceños.
Type: Transverse Flute > Aerophones.
Regions: Southern Peru > Bolivia > South America.
Dimensions: Length
Acquisition Date:
Description: The moceños
or mohoceños is a transverse flute unique to Southern Peru and Bolivia’s
Alti-Plano region. The name of this instrument moceños comes from the
area which it originates. Amongst the Indigenous people of the Bolivian
Alti-plano region the moceños is accompanied by a tambor (drum). Some
have made the observation that when the Spanish arrived they introduced
a Fujiara like instrument. The instrument is a double-duct transverse
flute having 6 relatively wide finger holes. The two changers the mouth
piece and the actual flute are bound with animal hide. Pitch is pitch is
applied to secure the animal hide binding. The over all length of the
1.2 meters or 3 feet in length My moceños is tuned to a very low
C-tuning in which can be played in two octaves the main octave and an
overtone octave when blowing stronger into the instrument.
Citations: Rene Hugo Sanchez > New Grove Dictionary of Music -moceños, page 677 -John M. Schechter