Those high-faluting French, Mexican and Swedish lassies just could resist a Gringo goatherd, who could serenade them, while they walked along a verdant pasture. I now have over 50 indigenous American musical instruments. The most recent arrival . . . from the Andes Mountains of Bolivia . . . is a five feet tall Toyo-Zampaño. It is hand-made by a Aymara Indian craftsman, from seasoned river canes that grow along the banks of Lake Titicaca.
Please play the song below.
The Americas Revealed 
Lovely! Very peaceful! What’s that specific instrument? It sounded like some sort of flute but with a different element. Is it made out of cypress wood?
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It is a Zampaño – the instrument that you see in the photo at the top of the webpage. It is made from river cane that grows along the banks of Lake Titicaca. It takes quite a long time to learn how to blow into the tubes to produce a precise musical note, but once that was learned, I can now play almost any song on the zampaño.
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Interesting! Where do you store all this stuff? You rarely seem to have a home that does not leak.
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You must be thinking of the little rental cabin I was in after living in a tent. My tent didn’t leak. The cabin did, because the owner did not maintain it well.
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Hi Richard, I seem to recognize the tune but just can’t seem to remember what it’s called. Wonderful !! thanks for sharing.
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El Condor Pasa . . . it is a Peruvian song from the Andes Mountains.
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Reblogged this on Ritaroberts's Blog.
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Howdy, What tunes did you play for the goats???
On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 4:54 PM The Americas Revealed wrote:
> alekmountain posted: ” Those high-faluting French, Mexican and Swedish > lassies just could resist a Gringo goatherd, who could serenade them, while > they walked along a verdant pasture. I now have over 50 indigenous American > musical instruments. The most recent arrival . . . f” >
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My farm in Virginia was the scene of one of the large cavalry battles of the Civil War. Going up the front pasture I would whistle “The Bonnie Blue Flag”. Coming down Spikers Hill I would whistle “Gary Owen.” The commanding generals were Brig. General George Armstrong Custer, USA and Major General Thomas Rosser, CSA.
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