Pre-Columbian Instruments of Mexico

Jorje Daher FW04177

"Scientific research into the use of musical instruments in Pre-Columbian Mexico is only 30 years old. ‘Pre- Columbian’ referred, originally, to artifacts made by the Indians of the Western Hemisphere prior to the discovery of America. Now the word refers to such artifacts made before the time that Western culture influenced Indian culture in any specific area. Thus, in Mexico, Pre-Columbian refers to anytime prior to 1521, the approximate year when Cortés conquered the Aztecs..."

Lilian Mendelssohn, Pablo Castellanos and Miles Lourie


"La investigación científica sobre uso de instrumentos musicales en el México precolombino se remonta únicamente 30 años atrás. El término ‘precolombino’ se refería, en un principio, a los artefactos fabricados por los indios del hemisferio occidental previa la llegada de los españoles. Ahora la palabra se refiere a aquellos artefactos hechos antes de que la cultura occidental influenciara la cultura indígena en un área específica. De esta manera, en México, precolombino hace referencia a todo momento anterior a 1521, año aproximado de la conquista de los Aztecas por Cortés..."

Lilian Mendelssohn, Pablo Castellanos y Miles Lourie.


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Country(s) Mexico
Keyword(s) Demonstrations; Instrumental music; World music
Instrument(s) Air drum; Drum; Flute; Kena; Mirliton; Ocarina; Peak (Musical instrument); Shells; Trumpet; Whistle
Year of Release 1972
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Artist Jorje Daher ; Produced by Lillian Mendelssohn ; Produced by Pablo Castellanos ; Design by Ronald Clyne

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Play	101	Air Drum, Pre-Classic (Colima)	Jorje Daher	0:30
Play	102	Air Drum (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:37
Play	103	Mirliton, transverse (Zapotecean)	Jorje Daher	0:29
Play	104	Transverse Flute, Two Orifices (Olmecan culture)	Jorje Daher	0:49
Play	105	Transverse Flute, With Grain and Oral Centralization, Two Orifices	Jorje Daher	0:46
Play	106	Transverse Flute and Mirliton (Zapotecean)	Jorje Daher	0:41
Play	107	Peak, No Orifices, One Sound (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:31
Play	108	Peak, Two Orifices, Three Sounds (Nayarit)	Jorje Daher	0:43
Play	109	Peak, Two Orifices, Four Sounds (Maya)	Jorje Daher	0:39
Play	110	Peak, No Orifices, Two Sounds, Double Chamber (Olmeca)	Jorje Daher	0:39
Play	111	Peak, No Orifices, Large Airduct, One Sound (Gulf)	Jorje Daher	0:38
Play	112	Peak, One Orifice, Large Airduct, Two Sounds (Gulf)	Jorje Daher	0:39
Play	113	Peak, Mirliton (Aztec)	Jorje Daher	0:37
Play	114	Large Whistle: Voice of Owl (Zapotecean)	Jorje Daher	0:32
Play	115	Water Whistle: Voice of a Bird (Zapotecean)	Jorje Daher	0:44
Play	116	Whistle: Call a Young Deer (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:35
Play	117	Whistle of Compression: Sound of the Wind (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:46
Play	118	Whistle of Compression: Sound of Storm (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:55
Play	119	Whistle with Built-In Chickpea: Sound of Flying Bird	Jorje Daher	0:34
Play	120	Whistling Vessel with Water: Voice of a Chicken (Nayarit)	Jorje Daher	0:54
Play	121	Whistle with Built-In Rattle: Gulf culture	Jorje Daher	0:38
Play	122	Great Whistle, Two Orifices, Chinesco (Nayarit)	Jorje Daher	0:54
Play	123	Double Whistle, No Orifices, Pre-Classic	Jorje Daher	0:30
Play	124	Double Whistle, Two Orifices (One in Each Chamber): Voice of Macaw, Pre-Classic	Jorje Daher	0:41
Play	125	Double Whistle, Four Orifices (Two in Each Chamber): Voice of Lizard, Pre-Classic	Jorje Daher	0:37
Play	126	Double Whistle, Built-In Chickpea, Pre-Classic	Jorje Daher	0:34
Play	127	Double Whistle, Built-In Grain, Pre-Classic	Jorje Daher	0:38
Play	128	Triple Whistle (Three Channels): Form of Bird (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:22
Play	129	Triple Channel Whistle: Form of Gander (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:28
Play	130	Double Whistle (Tlatilco culture)	Jorje Daher	0:53
Play	201	Ocarine, Transverse, Three Orifices, Tetraphonic Scale (Maya)	Jorje Daher	1:18
Play	202	Ocarine, Transverse, Three Orifices, Hexaphonic Scale (Gulf)	Jorje Daher	1:19
Play	203	Ocarine, Transverse, Three Orifices, Hexaphonic Scale (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	1:19
Play	204	Peak, Three Orifices, Tetraphonic Scale (Michoacan)	Jorje Daher	1:10
Play	205	Peak, Three Orifices, Tetraphonic Scale, Shrill Sound (Michoacan)	Jorje Daher	1:14
Play	206	Transverse, Four Orifices, Pentaphonic Scale, Pre-Classic	Jorje Daher	1:18
Play	207	Peak, Two Orifices, Built on Wheels, Five Sounds (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	1:28
Play	208	Peak, Six Orifices, Turtle Form, Heptaphonic Scale (Michoacan)	Jorje Daher	0:50
Play	209	Four Orifices, Crossed Fingering (Huastecean culture)	Jorje Daher	0:50
Play	210	Free Intonation in the Manual Control (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:52
Play	211	Free Intonation in the Oral Control (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:46
Play	212	Peak, Three Orifices, Double Chamber (Olmecean)	Jorje Daher	1:01
Play	213	Peak, Four Orifices, Pentaphonic Scale (Michaecan)	Jorje Daher	0:43
Play	214	Peak, Four Orifices, Pentaphonic Scale (Colima)	Jorje Daher	0:44
Play	215	Peak, Three Orifices, Pentaphonic Scale (Micheacan)	Jorje Daher	0:35
Play	216	Small, Pentaphonic Scale (Chupicuare culture)	Jorje Daher	0:33
Play	217	Pentaphonic Scale (Maya)	Jorje Daher	0:43
Play	218	Pentaphonic Scale (Chupicuare, Micheacan)	Jorje Daher	0:54
Play	219	Pentaphonic Scale (Micheacan)	Jorje Daher	0:37
Play	220	Double Ocarine, 2 x 1 Orifice (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:33
Play	221	Double Ocarine, 2 x 2 Orifice (Chupicuare, Micheacan)	Jorje Daher	0:35
Play	222	Double Ocarine, 2 x 3 Orifice, Pre-Classic	Jorje Daher	0:39
Play	223	Double Ocarine, 2 x 3 Orifice (Olmeca)	Jorje Daher	0:48
Play	301	Flute, Pentaphonic Scale with Harmonics (Colima)	Jorje Daher	0:54
Play	302	Flute, Pentaphonic Scale, Narrow Outlet (Teothiuacan)	Jorje Daher	0:49
Play	303	Flute, Three Orifices, Jade, Quena (Olmeca)	Jorje Daher	0:42
Play	304	Flute, Aeolian Sound (Aztec)	Jorje Daher	0:41
Play	305	Flute, Double Orifices, Heptaphonic Scale (Jalisco)	Jorje Daher	1:06
Play	306	Flute, Five Orifices, Black Clay (Tarascean)	Jorje Daher	0:56
Play	307	Flute, Pentaphonic Scale, Mixquic (Aztec)	Jorje Daher	0:41
Play	308	Flute, Pentaphonic Scale, Mirliton (Aztec)	Jorje Daher	0:48
Play	309	Flute, Heptaphonic Scale, No Harmonics (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	1:01
Play	310	Flute, One Orifice, Transverse, Pentaphonic (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:41
Play	311	Flute, One Orifice, Straight, Pentaphonic (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:40
Play	312	Flute, With Piston (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:28
Play	313	Flute of Bone, Pentaphonic, Lingual Mouthpiece (Jaina)	Jorje Daher	0:37
Play	314	Flute, Octaphonic Scale (Jaina)	Jorje Daher	1:10
Play	315	Flute, Chromatic Scale (Jaina)	Jorje Daher	0:55
Play	316	Flute, Chromatic Scale (Tolteca)	Jorje Daher	0:50
Play	317	Flute, Compression (Maya)	Jorje Daher	0:36
Play	318	Flute, Compression, Shrill Sound (Maya)	Jorje Daher	0:22
Play	319	Flute, Free Intonation, Hand Movement (Nayarit)	Jorje Daher	0:47
Play	320	Flute, Pentaphonic Scale, No Harmonics, Harsh (Colima)	Jorje Daher	0:31
Play	321	Flute, Tetraphonic, Small (Nayarit)	Jorje Daher	0:41
Play	401	Double Flute, 2 x 2 Orifices (Colima)	Jorje Daher	1:16
Play	402	Double Flute, 3 x 3 Orifices (Colima)	Jorje Daher	0:54
Play	403	Double Flute, 4 x 4 Orifices (Colima)	Jorje Daher	0:46
Play	404	Double Flute, Piston (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	1:19
Play	405	Triple Flute (Maya)	Jorje Daher	1:51
Play	406	Triple Flute (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	0:57
Play	407	Triple Flute (Gulf culture)	Jorje Daher	1:59
Play	408	Trumpet, Clay (Teothiuacan)	Jorje Daher	1:04
Play	409	Trumpet, Clay (Guerrero)	Jorje Daher	0:53
Play	410	Trumpet, Vessel (Maya)	Jorje Daher	0:59
Play	411	Sea Shell (Colima)	Jorje Daher	0:56
Play	412	Shell, Clay (Colima)	Jorje Daher	0:56
Play	413	Shell, Clay, Variable Sound (Veracruz)	Jorje Daher	0:57
Play	414	Shell, Clay (Veracruz)	Jorje Daher	0:54
Play	415	Sea Shell (Colima)	Jorje Daher	1:03