Instruments and Music of Bolivia

“The native music of Bolivia is as varied as the landscape of that fascinating country. From the shores of Lake Titicaca 12,000 feet above sea level to the lush valleys of Cochabamba and Tarija instruments and styles of music range from the monotonous pentatonic incantation played by a group of sicuris (panpipers) in Tarabuco to the lively tonada strummed on a charango in the little market town of Tarata...”

Bernard Keiler


“La música nativa de Bolivia es tan variada como el paisaje de ese país fascinante. Desde las orillas del lago Titicaca 3.810 metros sobre el nivel del mar hasta los verdes valles de Cochabamba y Tarija, los instrumentos y los estilos musicales abarcan desde la monótona entonación pentatónica tocada por un grupo de sicuris (tocadores de zampoña) en Tarabuco hasta la vigorosa tonada rasgueada en un charango en un pequeño mercado del pueblo de Tarata...”

Bernard Keiler

Track Listing

101	Quenita Aymara panpipe and drum ensemble, Escoma, Lake Titicata	01:05
102	Saucecito Aymara panpipe and drum ensemble, Escoma, Lake Titicata	01:21
103	Kollauita Aymara panpipe and drum ensemble, Escoma, Lake Titicata	01:53
104	Ceremonial Quechua panpipe and drum ensemble, Terabuco, Chuquisaca Department	02:15
105	Tonada de San Roque (1) Mestizo musicians, Canasmoro, Tarija Department	02:14
106	Tonada (1) Mestizo musicians, San Lorenzo, Tarija Department	01:38
201	Tonada (2) Quechua musicians, Tarata, Cochabamba Department	01:59
202	Alegria Quechua musicians, Tarata, Cochabamba Department	01:32
203	Narnajita Quechua musicians, Tarata, Cochabamba Department	02:18
204	Contrapunto Mestizo musicians, Tarija, Tarija Department	02:04
205	Flor Imilla Aymara musicians, Machacamarca, La Paz Department	00:57
206	Tonada de la Cruz Mestizo musicians, Canasmoro, Tarija Department	01:24
207	Tonada de Pascuas Mestizo musicians, Canasmoro, Tarija Department	01:31
208	Tonada de San Roque (2) Mestizo musicians, Canasmoro, Tarija Department	01:38