BIENVENIDOS
Whether playing solo,
or with an ensemble,
chamber orchestra,
symphony orchestra
a stage production,
or a danza group
several questions are always asked after each performance
from the audience about the names,
origins and histories of the instruments,
This page lists some (not all) of the indigenous instruments
with traditional images of the codices,
i.e.,
MEXIKA, MIXTEC and MAYAN CODICES and more
as well as modern day images wherever possible,
and modern day practitioners
(it will continue to grow and expand as more and more instruments info will be uploaded)
The instruments are listed in several different languages,
as the same instruments were known by different names depending
on the region, the people and their language
My hopes are that this information goes out
to let people know
1)
that the instruments exist in present time
they are not "ancient" and collecting dust in a museum somewhere
danza groups across the world continue to utilize these instruments
The AZTEC exhibit in Melbourne Australia was going strong when I was there
April 2014 and the local Mexican communities there were performing danza
at the exhibit!!!!!
2)
and that there are many practitioners who consistently
continue to perform and record since 1980
(see link below for a list of MUSICOS and ensembles )
indigenousinstrumentsofmexicoandmesoamer.weebly.com/indigenous-musicians.html
There will always be many more doors for us to open,
peek thru and hopefully walk thru
and discover more of the culture and its past
our ancestral past
as we continue to CELEBRATE
instead of TOLERATE our differences
VIVA LA GENTE
Christopher
or with an ensemble,
chamber orchestra,
symphony orchestra
a stage production,
or a danza group
several questions are always asked after each performance
from the audience about the names,
origins and histories of the instruments,
This page lists some (not all) of the indigenous instruments
with traditional images of the codices,
i.e.,
MEXIKA, MIXTEC and MAYAN CODICES and more
as well as modern day images wherever possible,
and modern day practitioners
(it will continue to grow and expand as more and more instruments info will be uploaded)
The instruments are listed in several different languages,
as the same instruments were known by different names depending
on the region, the people and their language
My hopes are that this information goes out
to let people know
1)
that the instruments exist in present time
they are not "ancient" and collecting dust in a museum somewhere
danza groups across the world continue to utilize these instruments
The AZTEC exhibit in Melbourne Australia was going strong when I was there
April 2014 and the local Mexican communities there were performing danza
at the exhibit!!!!!
2)
and that there are many practitioners who consistently
continue to perform and record since 1980
(see link below for a list of MUSICOS and ensembles )
indigenousinstrumentsofmexicoandmesoamer.weebly.com/indigenous-musicians.html
There will always be many more doors for us to open,
peek thru and hopefully walk thru
and discover more of the culture and its past
our ancestral past
as we continue to CELEBRATE
instead of TOLERATE our differences
VIVA LA GENTE
Christopher