The school held an evening lecture about sikuri, which is the native Incan music made with pan-flutes. The teacher showed us all the different kinds. The smallest one is smaller than your hand, made from bird bones, and is used for communicating, like a whistle. The larger ones are made in a series so that they all harmonize. The largest pipe on one size is exactly half the length of the pipe on the next size up. He told us how they were used in a call-response fashion with two instruments working together. Then he gave half the class a 6-piped instrument and the other half a 7-piped one. He wrote the musical sequence on the board and we all got to play. It mostly alternated between the two groups. He played a bass pan-flute with us and we learned a traditional song, which has an introduction, a lead-in to the war song, and then a conclusion. We all got to do a solo, and then Camille got to bang the drum. Very interesting. And the entire lecture was in Spanish!
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