DUENDE	LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC DUO - JOHN WHIPPS & ROY YOUDALE
		Original Compositions & Arrangements of Traditional Pieces

 

OUR INSTRUMENTS We play a range of acoustic instruments in addition to the Spanish guitar, including those featured below. To listen to an instrument, just click on the relevant Play button. (Note: If you use Ontrack's "Onspeed" software, you may experience extra delay when listening to the sound samples. We recommend that you temporarily turn this off) Stringed Instruments The charango: a small, fretted instrument from Bolivia, with 10 nylon strings The charangón: a slightly larger version of the charango, with metal strings. The requinto: a small Mexican guitar, tuned in A. The tiplé: a Colombian instrument with 12 metal strings in four groups of 3, tuned like the top 4 strings of the guitar. Wind Instruments The quena: an end-blown wooden flute. The quenacho: a larger end-blown wooden flute, played across the Andes. The sikus: panpipes of various sizes and pitches, containing one, two or three rows of pipes. Each size and style of pipes has its own name in the indigenous languages of the Andes - Quechua and Aymara High Low Percussion Instruments The bombo: a llama skin drum played in many Andean countries, and also in Argentina. The palitos: rhythm sticks, played mainly in Central America.   Return to top of page