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Caña De Millo
The caña de millo, flauta de millo or pito atravesao is a woodwind musical instrument of indigenous origin used in the cumbia music of Colombia's Caribbean coast. It is made of ''carrizo'' cane (Phragmites australis), palm, millet, sorghum, or similar stalks, ''(not found in Wayback Machine)'' forming a tube open at both ends, with a vibrating tongue (reed) cut of the same material as the tube, with four fingerholes. It is played transverse, and used by folkloric musical ensembles called ''grupos de millo''. The ''caña de millo'' replaces the ''kuisi'' (or ''gaita'') in regions of the Colombian departments of Atlántico and Magdalena. Similar instruments are found in most of the savannah region of West Africa. Characteristics The ''caña de millo'' is open at both ends and resembles a small flute. It measures about 20 to 30 centimeters in length and has four tonal holes of approximately 1.5 to 2 centimeters in diameter, separated by 1, 1.5, or 3 centimeters each. The tongue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodwind
Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the greater category of wind instruments. Common examples include flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone. There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and Reed aerophones, reed instruments (otherwise called reed pipes). The main distinction between these instruments and other wind instruments is the way in which they produce sound. All woodwinds produce sound by splitting the air blown into them on a sharp edge, such as a reed (mouthpiece), reed or a fipple. Despite the name, a woodwind may be made of any material, not just wood. Common examples of other materials include brass, silver, cane, and other metals such as gold and platinum. The saxophone, for example, though made of brass, is considered a woodwind because it requires a reed to produce sound. Occasionally, woodwinds are made of earthen materials, especially ocarinas. Flutes Flutes produce sound by directing a focused stream of air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumbia
Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples, Europeans, and Africans during colonial times. Cumbia is said to have come from funeral traditions in the Afro-Colombian community. Cumbia traditionally uses three drums ('' tambora'', ' and ''llamador''), three flutes (''gaita hembra'' and ''gaito macho'', both forms of , and '' flauta de millo'') and has a or meter. The sound of cumbia can be characterized as having a simple "chu-chucu-chu" rhythm created by the guacharaca. The genre frequently incorporates brass instruments and piano. In order to properly understand the interlocking relationship between cumbia's roots, its Pan-American (and then global) routes, and its subgenres, Colombia's geocultural complexities must be taken into account. Most Hispanic American countries have made their own regional version of Cumbia, some of them with their own part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phragmites Australis
''Phragmites australis'', known as the common reed, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. It is a wetland grass that can grow up to tall and has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide. Description ''Phragmites australis'' commonly forms extensive stands (known as reed beds), which may be as much as or more in extent. Where conditions are suitable it can also spread at or more per year by horizontal runners, which put down roots at regular intervals. It can grow in damp ground, in standing water up to or so deep, or even as a floating mat. The erect stems grow to tall, with the tallest plants growing in areas with hot summers and fertile growing conditions. The leaves are long and broad. The flowers are produced in late summer in a dense, dark purple panicle, about long. Later the numerous long, narrow, sharp pointed spikelets appear greyer due to the growth of long, silky hairs. These eventually help disperse the minute seeds. Taxonomy Recent stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuisi
A kuisi (or kuizi) is a Native Colombian fipple (or duct) flute made from a hollowed cactus stem, with a beeswax and charcoal powder mixture for the head, with a thin quill made from the feather of a large bird for the mouthpiece. Seagull, turkey and eagle feathers are among the feathers commonly used. Kuisi bunsi and kuisi sigi There are male and female versions of the kuisi (or gaita, the Spanish for pipe). The female ''kuisi bunsi'' (also rendered ''kuisi abundjí'' in Spanish) is also commonly known as a ''gaita hembra'' in Spanish, and has 5 holes; the male ''kuisi sigi'' (or ''kuisi azigí'') is called a ''gaita macho'' in Spanish and has two holes. Players often use wax to close fingerholes and alter the sound of the flute, blocking one or other tone hole on the kuisi sigi, and on the kuisi bunzi either the upper or lower fingerhole so that only four holes are in use at any one time. The change of wax from one fingerhole to another alters the fundamental tone and ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlántico Department
Atlántico (, ) is a Departments of Colombia, department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean Sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its west and south separated by the Canal del Dique, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River. Despite being the third smallest in the country, the department is among the most densely populated, with a population of 2,535,517. The department's capital and most-populous city is Barranquilla with a population of 1,327,209. Soledad, Atlántico, Soledad and Malambo, Atlántico, Malambo are also significant population centers within Atlántico, constituting integral parts of the Barranquilla metropolitan area. Municipalities # Baranoa # Barranquilla # Campo de la Cruz # Candelaria, Atlántico, Candelaria # Galapa, Atlántico, Galapa # Juan de Acosta # Luruaco # Malambo, Atlántico, Malambo # Manatí, Atlántico, Manatí # Palmar de Varela # Piojó # Polonuevo # Ponedera # Puerto Colombi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Department
Magdalena () is a Departments of Colombia, department of Colombia, located in the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea, with more than 1.3 million people. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River. The department inherited the name of one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia that its current territory integrated. Geography Location The Department of Magdalena is located on the North Coast of the Colombian Caribbean Region of Colombia, Caribbean Region. On the north it borders the Caribbean Sea. On the Cardinal direction, northeast it borders the La Guajira Department, being divided by the Palomino River. On the east it borders with the Cesar Department, which is in part divided by the Guaraní River. On the west, it is divided by the Magdalena River, and it borders the departments of Atlántico Department, Atlantico in the Cardinal direction, Northwest, and Bolívar Department, Bolívar in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlántico (Colombia)
Atlántico or Atlantico may refer to: * Atlantico, a French news website * The Atlantic Ocean, the second largest ocean in the world * Atlántico Department in Colombia * Banco Atlántico, a former Spanish bank, now part of the Banco Sabadell Group * The Brazilian aircraft carrier Atlântico *in Nicaragua: ** South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, formerly the South Atlantic Coast Autonomous Region (Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur) ** North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, formerly the North Atlantic Coast Autonomous Region (Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte) *in Argentina: **Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina (Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) **Islas del Atlántico Sur Tierra del Fuego (Spanish language, Spanish for "''Land of Fire''"; ), officially the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlán ... (department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Córdoba Department
Córdoba (, ) is a Department of the Republic of Colombia located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces to the north with the Caribbean Sea, to the northeast with the Sucre Department, east with the Bolívar Department and south with the Antioquia Department. As of 2018, the population of Córdoba was estimated to be 1,784,783. Its capital is the city of Montería. Municipalities Córdoba is made up of 30 municipalities and main towns: # Ayapel # Buenavista # Canalete # Cereté # Chimá # Chinú # Ciénaga de Oro # Cotorra # La Apartada # Lorica # Los Córdobas # Momil # Moñitos # Montelíbano # Montería # Planeta Rica # Pueblo Nuevo # Puerto Escondido # Puerto Libertador # Purísima # Sahagún # San Andrés de Sotavento # San Antero # San Bernardo del Viento # San Carlos # San José de Uré # San Pelayo # Tierralta # Tuchín # Valencia Governors of Córdoba The Congress of Colombia approved by Law 9 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sucre (Colombia)
Sucre () is a department in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The department ranks 27th by area, and it has a population of 904,863, ranking 20th of all the 32 departments of Colombia. Sucre is bordered by the Caribbean on the northwest; by Bolívar Department on the east and by Córdoba Department on the west. Sucre was named in honor of the Independence hero Antonio José de Sucre who was quoted by the founders of this department in reference to Simón Bolívar's death as saying "They have killed my heart", expression said while cruising the territory of the present day Sucre Department. As of 2009, the Sucre Department has an estimated population of 802,733, of which 234,886 are in the department capital Sincelejo, according to the DANE projections. History Pre-Columbian Before the Spanish Conquest, the land comprising the department of Sucre was mainly inhabited by two groups of indigenous people — the Zenú and the Turbacos. The Zenú language was perhaps part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
