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Instruments and Music of Bolivia

Various Artists
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

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Aymara panpipe and drum ensemble, Escoma, Lake Titicata
01:05
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102
Aymara panpipe and drum ensemble, Escoma, Lake Titicata
01:21
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103
Aymara panpipe and drum ensemble, Escoma, Lake Titicata
01:53
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104
Quechua panpipe and drum ensemble, Terabuco, Dept. of Chuquisaca
02:15
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105
Mestizo musicians, Canasmoro, Dept. of Tarija
02:14
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106
Mestizo musicians, San Lorenzo, Dept. of Tarija
01:38
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201
Quechua musicians, Tarata, Dept. of Cochabamba
01:59
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202
Quechua musicians, Tarata, Dept. of Cochabamba
01:32
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203
Quechua musicians, Tarata, Dept. of Cochabamba
02:18
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204
Mestizo musicians, Tarija, Dept. of Tarija
02:04
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205
Aymara musicians, Machacamarca, Dept. of La Paz
00:57
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206
Mestizo musicians, Canasmoro, Dept. of Tarija
01:24
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207
Mestizo musicians, Canasmoro, Dept. of Tarija
01:31
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208
Mestizo musicians, Canasmoro, Dept. of Tarija
01:38