MAYAN FRICTION/JAGUAR DRUM
Did stringed instruments exist in ancient Mexico?
Robert Murrell Stevenson, cites Charles L. Boiles work (1932 - 1984)
Boiles cites 14 native language dictionaries with a definition for "string instruments"
which were published in Mexico.
(see page 23) of Music in Aztec and Inca Territory (2)
(Unfortunately he does not specify which indigenous dictionaries these appear in)
Is it possible that such an instrument existed and we have yet to find a record?
We have to remember that even though images have not been found in the Codices that we can still investigate murals, pottery and sculptures and new discoveries continue daily.
Robert Murrell Stevenson, cites Charles L. Boiles work (1932 - 1984)
Boiles cites 14 native language dictionaries with a definition for "string instruments"
which were published in Mexico.
(see page 23) of Music in Aztec and Inca Territory (2)
(Unfortunately he does not specify which indigenous dictionaries these appear in)
Is it possible that such an instrument existed and we have yet to find a record?
We have to remember that even though images have not been found in the Codices that we can still investigate murals, pottery and sculptures and new discoveries continue daily.
MAYAN FRICTION/JAGUAR DRUM
Another MAYAN stringed instrument
http://mcis2.princeton.edu/jaguar/jaguar.html
CLICK on LISTEN on the bottom right of the page
then CLICK on the image of the man standing holding
a bow
Another MAYAN stringed instrument
http://mcis2.princeton.edu/jaguar/jaguar.html
CLICK on LISTEN on the bottom right of the page
then CLICK on the image of the man standing holding
a bow
MAYAN JAGUAR DRUM
replicated and played by Ethnomusicologist John Burkhalter
Uploaded on YOUTUBE Apr 1, 2009
Ethnomusicologist John Burkhalter demonstrates how the Maya mimicked
the sound of a growling jaguar with a reconstruction of a jaguar drum. This
is part of the exhibition Painted Metaphors : Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya.
Applying Experimental Archaeology to Ethnomusicology:
Recreating an Ancient Maya Friction Drum through Various Lines of Evidence by John A. Donahue
(June 2000) An examination of a Maya musical instrument that appears on vase K5233.
A SHORT HISTORY OF ROLLOUT PHOTOGRAPHY bu JUSTIN KERR
http://www.famsi.org/research/kerr/rollout.html
MAYAN FRICTION DRUM ARTICLES
@
FAMSI
FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MESOAMERICAN STUDIES
http://www.mayavase.com/frictiondrum.html
THE KERR ARTICLES @ FAMSI
http://www.famsi.org/research/kerr/articles/friction_drum/
MORE LINKS TO CHECK OUT
(1)
MUSIC IN MEXICO - A HISTORICAL SURVEY
written by Robert Murrell Stevenson
http://books.google.com/books/about/Music_in_Mexico.html?id=VDwuAAAAMAAJ
(2)
MUSIC IN INCA AND AZTEC TERRITORY
written by Robert Murrell Stevenson
http://books.google.com/books?id=VGLT-pJDxcYC&q=Charles+L.+Boiles#v=snippet&q=Charles%20L.%20Boiles%20dictionaries&f=false
replicated and played by Ethnomusicologist John Burkhalter
Uploaded on YOUTUBE Apr 1, 2009
Ethnomusicologist John Burkhalter demonstrates how the Maya mimicked
the sound of a growling jaguar with a reconstruction of a jaguar drum. This
is part of the exhibition Painted Metaphors : Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya.
Applying Experimental Archaeology to Ethnomusicology:
Recreating an Ancient Maya Friction Drum through Various Lines of Evidence by John A. Donahue
(June 2000) An examination of a Maya musical instrument that appears on vase K5233.
A SHORT HISTORY OF ROLLOUT PHOTOGRAPHY bu JUSTIN KERR
http://www.famsi.org/research/kerr/rollout.html
MAYAN FRICTION DRUM ARTICLES
@
FAMSI
FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MESOAMERICAN STUDIES
http://www.mayavase.com/frictiondrum.html
THE KERR ARTICLES @ FAMSI
http://www.famsi.org/research/kerr/articles/friction_drum/
MORE LINKS TO CHECK OUT
(1)
MUSIC IN MEXICO - A HISTORICAL SURVEY
written by Robert Murrell Stevenson
http://books.google.com/books/about/Music_in_Mexico.html?id=VDwuAAAAMAAJ
(2)
MUSIC IN INCA AND AZTEC TERRITORY
written by Robert Murrell Stevenson
http://books.google.com/books?id=VGLT-pJDxcYC&q=Charles+L.+Boiles#v=snippet&q=Charles%20L.%20Boiles%20dictionaries&f=false