• Source: Trutruca

The trutruka (spanish trutruca) is a wind instrument, part of the trumpet family. It is played mainly amongst the Mapuche of Chile and Argentina. It produces a sound that is loud and severe, with few tonal variations.




Description


The instrument has two main parts, the body and horn. The body is made from Chilean bamboo (Chusquea culeou) and is between 2 and 5 meters long and 2 to 10 cm in diameter. The cane is cut lengthwise into two halves and then wound with string, wire, wool and animal gut, usually horse, to prevent air escaping.
The notes are produced from the variations in the pressure caused by blowing and also by the position of the lips.




See also


Alphorn
Erke




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Trutruca
• Alphorn
• Music of Chile
• Televisión Nacional de Chile
• Utopia (British TV series)
• Eloy Alquinta
• Erke
• Chusquea culeou
• Eduardo Alquinta
• Francisco Sazo