TETL
TEHUEHUETL
- NAHUATL ( I list this reluctantly, as I have only found 1 corroborating source)
TETL - NAHUATL word for stone, not for the instrument
PIEDRAS - SPANISH
STONES - ENGLISH
While no one has yet found images, murals, or sculptures showing musicians playing
instruments made of stone there are sacred spaces in Mexico and over the world
where resonant stones reverberate and are played,
these are known as lithophones.
It is not difficult to imagine an ancient musician experiencing this and trying
to replicate it in a different physical space.
- NAHUATL ( I list this reluctantly, as I have only found 1 corroborating source)
TETL - NAHUATL word for stone, not for the instrument
PIEDRAS - SPANISH
STONES - ENGLISH
While no one has yet found images, murals, or sculptures showing musicians playing
instruments made of stone there are sacred spaces in Mexico and over the world
where resonant stones reverberate and are played,
these are known as lithophones.
It is not difficult to imagine an ancient musician experiencing this and trying
to replicate it in a different physical space.
One of the first audio recordings of stones being used as an instruments comes from the
GRUPO TRIBU MUSICA based in Mexico City, MX
CHECK OUT THEIR VIDEO BELOW FROM A PERFORMANCE IN 2013
to see and hear them in context
STONES
13:04 thru 14:31
30:37 thru 32:54
BACH ON ATECOCOLLI
33:40
GRUPO TRIBU MUSICA based in Mexico City, MX
CHECK OUT THEIR VIDEO BELOW FROM A PERFORMANCE IN 2013
to see and hear them in context
STONES
13:04 thru 14:31
30:37 thru 32:54
BACH ON ATECOCOLLI
33:40
The following was shot and posted by Jim Santi Owen,
it was filmed at the CENTER FOR NEW MUSIC in San Francisco, CA USA
Below is a YOUTUBE I did for MEXICOLORE showing the beauty of resonant stones
played with non resonant stones
To hear the stones in context PLEASE check out the video below
from a performance in Los Angeles, CA USA
from a performance in Los Angeles, CA USA
LUIS PEREZ IXONEZTLI
http://luisperezixoneztli.weebly.com/
There are also caves/sacred spaces found all over the world where stalactites
are also played either with a finger, a hand, a mallet or other stones.Luis Perez
Ixoneztli has finished making audio and visual recordings of himself
doing exactly that in caves in Mexico.
http://luisperezixoneztli.weebly.com/
There are also caves/sacred spaces found all over the world where stalactites
are also played either with a finger, a hand, a mallet or other stones.Luis Perez
Ixoneztli has finished making audio and visual recordings of himself
doing exactly that in caves in Mexico.
LITHOPHOHNE LINKS AND MORE
PLAYABLE STONE LANDSCAPES
http://www.landscape-perception.com/archaeoacoustics/
http://www.landscape-perception.com/acoustic_mapping/
http://www.lithophones.com/index.php?id=2
SACRED MAYAN CENOTES AND CAVES
http://sacredmayancenotesandcaves.blogspot.com/
INAH (National Institute or Archaeology and History of Mexico),
EXPLORING MEXICOS SACRED CAVES
http://abcnews.go.com/International/exploring-mexicos-sacred-caves/story?id=17851339
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DEEPEST CAVE IN THE AMERICAS
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0402/online_extra.html
HUNTER GATHERER NOMADS OF NORTHERN MEXICO:
A COMPARISON OF THE ARCHIVAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL RECORDS
http://www.desertfishes.org/cuatroc/literature/pdf/Taylor_1972_Hunter-gatherer_nomads.pdf
THERE WILL BE MANY MORE INSTRUMENTS TO BE LISTED AS TIME PERMITS
PLAYABLE STONE LANDSCAPES
http://www.landscape-perception.com/archaeoacoustics/
http://www.landscape-perception.com/acoustic_mapping/
http://www.lithophones.com/index.php?id=2
SACRED MAYAN CENOTES AND CAVES
http://sacredmayancenotesandcaves.blogspot.com/
INAH (National Institute or Archaeology and History of Mexico),
EXPLORING MEXICOS SACRED CAVES
http://abcnews.go.com/International/exploring-mexicos-sacred-caves/story?id=17851339
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DEEPEST CAVE IN THE AMERICAS
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0402/online_extra.html
HUNTER GATHERER NOMADS OF NORTHERN MEXICO:
A COMPARISON OF THE ARCHIVAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL RECORDS
http://www.desertfishes.org/cuatroc/literature/pdf/Taylor_1972_Hunter-gatherer_nomads.pdf
THERE WILL BE MANY MORE INSTRUMENTS TO BE LISTED AS TIME PERMITS