wawaki (satb)
- Catalog ID: S-130
- First Line: killa punchau llapi, ari
- Composer: Gerardo Guevara
- Voicing: satb
- Accompaniment: percussion
- Language: Quichua
- Country: Ecuador
- Series: Canciones Del Mundo
- Other: 2000
- Score: View Score
- Sound: Listen
Price:
$1.95
Description
The text of Wawaki is in Quichua, one of the indigenous languages spoken in Ecuador. The piece itself is a Yumbo, one of the fundamental rhythmic styles found in the Andean music of Ecuador which employs a characteristic driving rhythm. the piece should be accompanied by a bombo (a low-pitched Andean drum).