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Christopher Garcia Music
Christopher Garcia Music
INDIGENOUS INSTRUMENT
YOUTUBE DEMONSTRATIONS
with over
150,000 YOUTUBE visitors and counting

​can be seen below 

the recording entitled 
RESONANCIA
christophergarciamusicprojects.bandcamp.com/album/resonancia 
featuring most of the instruments below
is available for purchase as a download
100% of the income from downloads 
goes to an Indigenous Arts Organization

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In 2012 Garcia had the pleasure of meeting Ian Mursell of Mexico Lore
while on tour performing in London England
http://mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/credits/general-points/

"MEXICOLORE is the most comprehensive site  I have found online
in English on the subject of Mexica and Mayan instruments and
culture with lots of information from various sources
they are an EDUCATION ONLY site
i.e.,
they do not sell anything or take advertisements"

MEXICOLORE contributors include:
anthropologists,
archaeologists
ethnomusicologists,
musicians
nd
scientists
Picture
as of this writing 9/17/19,
there have been over 100,000 visitors to these indigenous YOUTUBE demonstrations

TEPONAZTLI - demonstration

GO TO THE YOUTUBE LOGO on the video and 
CLICK on
SHOW MORE ​for additional information


STONES/PIEDRAS/TETL
​Indigenous Instruments of Mexico
 demonstration

CLICK on the YOUTUBE ICON in the lower right hand corner
and then CLICK on show more for additional information on the instruments



​SINGING STONES 

The following video shows singing stones being played in the context of an actual performance 
with MEXICA drummers under the directions of Erick Barraza, with Nazario Segura and more 


GO TO THE YOUTUBE LOGO on the video and
CLICK on SHOW MORE ​for additional information



​The following YOUTUBE is an demonstration 
of the incredible sounds of two indigenous 
percussion instruments of what 
is now known as Mexico/Mesoamerica

the TEPONAZTLI  and the BAA WEHAI
two very different drums from two very different regions 
from very different peoples 

GO TO THE YOUTUBE LOGO on the video and 
CLICK on SHOW MORE ​for additional information 

​
 

​AGUILA BLANCA
​
​This is basically a theme and variations based on Aguila Blanca
part of the repertoire of MEXICA/AZTECA DANZA

          in a traditional setting there would be 
        1 person playing tlapan huehuetl (usually with sticks)

        1 person playing teponaztli (with rubber tipped sticks)

          and 

          dancers wearing ayoyotes which are now called chachayotes

SIDENOTE
if you look at the MEXICA/AZTECA CODICES you will be hard pressed to find
an image of dancers wearing them 

but dancers  can be seen wearing them in

THE DRESDEN CODEX
(Maya)

and

THE BOOK OF GODS AND RITES
(which is MEXICA/AZTECA)

GO TO THE YOUTUBE LOGO on the video and 
CLICK on SHOW MORE ​for additional information


​YAQUI WATER DRUMS


​These YAQUI water drums are traditionally played by one person at a time
and for the
BAILE DE VENADO AKA the YAQUI DEER DANCE
​
3 of these drums, #2,3,4 from left to right
with the flowers on them  were made by Michael Heralda
and the
1 drum on the far left
was given to me by Marty Espino



XOCHI CUICATL
AKA
​FLOWER SONGS MUSIC
flowersongsmusic.weebly.com/
performing
MAYAN CHILDREN's SONG


XOCHI CUICATL
AKA
​FLOWER SONGS MUSIC
flowersongsmusic.weebly.com/
performing
LA SANDUNGA

sung in Spanish and in Nahuatl
by 
Alegria Garcia

XOCHI CUICATL
AKA
​FLOWER SONGS MUSIC
flowersongsmusic.weebly.com/
performing
LA LLORONA

sung in Spanish and in Nahuatl
by 
Alegria Garcia

HISTORY OF THE STRING INSTRUMENTS IN THE AMERICAS
http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/music/string-instruments-in-ancient-mexico

and where people can actually hear what people are doing with the instruments today
FORERUNNERS OF RECORDED MUSIC FROM  INDIGENOUS MEXICO
1979 to the present
http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/music/forerunners-of-recorded-music-from-ancient-mexico

you can also ask questions of the various contributors to the site
and get feedback to your questions
http://mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/ask-experts/

MEXICOLORE LINKS ON THE INSTRUMENTS

The following YOUTUBES can also be seen on MEXICOLORES SITE
you may visit them at the following links below

TEPONAZTLI demonstration
http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/music/see-a-teponaztli-drum-in-action

SINGING STONES 
www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/music/singing-stones

Indigenous instruments of Mexico demonstration
ayotl = turtle shells
tetl = singing stones/lithophones
huehuetl = MEXICA (and several others) ceremonial drum, 
                     known by different names depending on the region
                     if you visit the link on YOUTUBE and CLICK about 
                    you will find additional information
http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/music/aztec-music-news 
​

PLEASE VISIT THE INDIGENA PROJECT LINK BELOW 
http://christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/indigena-projects.html
for indigenous instrument collaborations in:
theater, 
chamber music 
and 
symphonic settings.
THANK  YOU
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