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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. |
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sufficient evidence remains to show that the intervals were purÂposely arranged according to the pentatonic scale. This interestÂing relic was brought to light from a tomb at Arica.
Another huayra-puhura, likewise still yielding sounds, was discovered placed over a corpse in a Peruvian tomb, and was procured by the French general, Paroissien. This instrument is made of a greenish stone which is a species of talc, and contains
eight pipes. In the Berlin |
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museum may be seen a good plaster cast taken from this curious relic. The height is 5 3/8 inches, and its width 6 1/4 inches. Four of the tubes have small lateral finger-holes which, when closed, lower the pitch a semitone. These holes are on the second, fourth, six, and seventh pipe, as shown in the engraving. When the holes are open, the
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The following notation exhibits all the tones producible on the instrument: |
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The musician is likely to speculate what could have induced the Peruvians to adopt so strange a series of intervals: it seems rather arbitrary than premeditated. |
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