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39: 194: 136: 205:(also "kenacho" in English) is a greater, lower-toned version of the quena and made the same way. It is in the key of D, with D4 being the lowest note, a perfect fourth lower than the quena. It produces a very rich timbre because of the length-to-bore ratio of about 25, paradoxically brighter by comparison to the quena. 182:, the player closes the top end of the pipe with the flesh between the chin and lower lip, and blows a stream of air downward, along the axis of the pipe, over an elliptical notch cut into the end. It is normally in the key of G, with G4 being the lowest note. It produces a very "textured" and "dark" 359:
system of insufflation...placing a cane of conduit towards the mouth...to blow through the artificial "mouth"...due to the great distance from the normal mouth to the holes.
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because of the length-to-bore ratio of about 16 to 20 (subsequently causing difficulty in the upper register), which is very unlike the tone of the
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or wood, it has 6 finger holes and one thumb hole, and is open on both ends or the bottom is half-closed (choked). To produce
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musicians. This use was in most cases for particular songs and not as a standard instrument, but some groups such as
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Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua
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has the same fingering as the quena, and is similar in appearance and operation to a
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rock groups have also incorporated the quena in some of their songs; notably
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is a South American wind instrument, mostly used by Andean musicians
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with a deep sound. The auxiliary tube acts as an aeroduct.
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have used it regularly. In the 1980s and 1990s some post-
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Quenas with embouchures made of ebony and other woods
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