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pincuyo
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It is an instrument of music from Northern chile

  




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The Pincullo or Pinkillo: after the quena is the aerophone most popular in the North of Chile and Andean influence, of origin area Andean, of quechua origin and aymará. It is very similar to the quena, but in the opening takes a similar to the clarinet mouthpiece. It consists of seven holes and runs vertically. On the back it has another opening for harmonization. There are several varieties, from straight to curved ones used in the valleys of San Pedro de Atacama used in Norte Grande. Groups of dances attending the festivities of San Pedro de Atacama, carried a single person, called the largest child, who simultaneously plays the drum and the Pinkillo as instrumentalist. Las peñas of Livilcar religious festivities and in the Tirana used Quenas and Pincullos larger than the common sizes, in many cases pass of the 50 cm. long.

  



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