[Bonetools] more bone instruments

[Alice Choyke]

I have heard of this instrument but never saw it actually played. Very cool!

Alice


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Marta Moreno García <
marta.moreno at cchs.csic.es> wrote:

>  Dear Idoia and all,
> It is in fact an equid mandible what you saw. It is a kind of popular
> musical instrument that it is played also in Spanish folklore. If you look
> it up in Wikipedia this is the information you get:
>
> The *Quijada* [*Charrasga*, or *Jawbone* in English] is a traditional
> Latin percussion instrument that is cleaned of tissue and dried so the
> teeth can loosen and act as a rattle. They are traditionally made from the
> jawbone of either a mule, horse, or donkey.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-VirginiaTechDictionary-1>To play, a musician holds one half in one hand and strikes the other with
> either a stick or their hand; this causes the teeth to rattle against the
> bone creating a loud, untuned sound, original to this instrument.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-OxfordDictionary-2>It is used in music throughout most of Latin America, including Mexico,
> Peru, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Cuba. While it is used in most Latin
> American countries, the quijada gets it origin from the Africans that were
> brought to the Americas during the colonial era.[<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-OxfordDictionary-2>It is also believed that it was first introduced in Peru, making it an
> Afro-Peruvian instrument.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-3>It is used in traditional and contemporary Latin music; an example is a
> song being played <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R44rBtI37EE> in Oaxaca,
> Mexico, using the Quijada to keep the beat for the "cancion". The quijada
> de burro is most commonly used at carnivals and religious festivals.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-4>This instrument is one example of a mix of two different cultures, African
> and Indigenous, that created an instrument that gained value for the people
> of Latin America.
>
> Cheers,
> Marta
>
>
> El 30/10/2013 12:38, Idoia Grau escribió:
>
> Dear all,
>
> A friend of mine sent me a link to this video and I was surprised to find,
> around minute 2:13, that a man was using a lower mandible of some animal
> (equid?) as a music instrument.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=O07NXc6-BzM#t=132
>
> *Idoia Grau Sologestoa*
>
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> Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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