Andean music

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Andean music is a traditional musical style from the Andean region of South America, characterized by the use of instruments like panpipes, quena flutes, and charangos, and often featuring pentatonic melodies.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Andean music canonical 4
Huayno 2
Andean folk music 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin American music genre
folk music
traditional music genre
associatedDance Carnavalito dance
linked to: Matachines dance

Huayno dance
Tinku dance
country Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Ecuador
Peru
culturalOrigin Andean indigenous peoples
Inca civilization
linked to: Inca Empire
culturalSignificance expression of indigenous resistance
symbol of Andean identity
exportedBy Andean migrant communities
hasInfluenced world music
instrument accordion
bombo drum
charango
guitar
mandolin
panpipes
quena
quena flute
rondador
siku
tinya drum
violin
zampona
language Aymara
Quechua
Spanish
melodicCharacteristic pentatonic melodies
performanceContext agricultural rituals
festivals
religious celebrations
popularizedIn 1960s
1970s
region Andes
South America
rhythmicCharacteristic syncopated rhythms
stylisticOrigin Indigenous music of the Andes
Pre-Columbian music
Spanish colonial music
subgenre Carnavalito
Huayno
linked to: Andean music

K’antu
Sanjuanito
Saya
Tinku
typicalEnsemble charango and guitar ensemble
panpipe ensemble
typicalScale pentatonic scale

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Accla Taqui (Chant of the Chosen Maidens) influencedBy Andean folk music
linked to: Andean music
Chuncho hasMusicalStyle Andean music
Suray Surita hasGenre Andean music
Loja Province hasCulturalTradition Andean music
Andean music subgenre Huayno
linked to: Andean music
Ayacucho Region traditionalMusic Huayno
linked to: Andean music