Sikuri

Traditional sikuri,
(MIDI sample)
as played by Inkuyo group
(The Double-Headed Serpent, 1993)

Sikuri is a musical style from Peru and Bolivia, the kind of huayño, consisting of siku players and drum accompaniment. There are usually around twenty siku players. As each siku cannot play all the notes of a scale, the siku players use an interlocking technique to play the entire melody. The drums produce a fast, pounding beat in the rhythm of huayño.^[1]

Sikuri is often performed at festivals by the Aymara-speaking peoples near Lake Titicaca.

References

^ Miller, Terry E.; Shahriari, Andrew (2009), World Music: A Global Journey, New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 403–407, ISBN 0-415-98878-0

External links

Peruvian Dances - Sikuri

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[1] Miller, Terry E.; Shahriari, Andrew (2009), World Music: A Global Journey, New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 403–407, ISBN 0-415-98878-0

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