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* [https://dolsenmusic.com/books/el-dorado/ Music of El Dorado] (audio examples)
* [https://dolsenmusic.com/books/el-dorado/ Music of El Dorado] (audio examples)
* [http://mcis2.princeton.edu/jaguar/jaguar.html Music from the Land of the Jaguar] (audio and pictures)
* [http://mcis2.princeton.edu/jaguar/jaguar.html Music from the Land of the Jaguar] (audio and pictures)
* [https://folkways.si.edu/jorje-daher/pre-columbian-instruments-of-mexico/american-indian-music-instruction-world/album/smithsonian
* [https://folkways.si.edu/jorje-daher/pre-columbian-instruments-of-mexico/american-indian-music-instruction-world/album/smithsonian Jorje Daher, ''Pre-Columbian Instruments of Mexico''] (1972) (audio)
Jorje Daher, ''Pre-Columbian Instruments of Mexico''] (1972) (audio)
* José Pérez De Arce, ''Instrumentos precolombinos'' (1982) (audio)
* José Pérez De Arce, ''Instrumentos precolombinos'' (1982) (audio)



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Pre-Columbian South American music is loosely based around a pentatonic scale.[citation needed] Whether or not this scale deviates from the contemporary 12-equal pentatonic scale is up for debate, though there is much speculation and research indicating that the Natives did not strictly adhere to a single fixed-tuning of this pentatonic scale.[citation needed]

Multimedia sources

Reading list

  • Karl G. Izikowitz, Musical and Other Sound Instruments of the South American Indians (1934)
  • Robert Stevenson, Music in Aztec and Inca Territory (1968)
  • Harcourt, Raoul d' and Marguerite d'. La mú sica de los Incas y sus supervivencias. Lima: Occidental Petroleum Corp. of Peru. (1990)
  • Bejar, Ana Maria, and Raúl R. Romero. Música, danzas, y máscaras en los Andes. Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú: Instituto Riva-Aguero, Proyecto de Preservación de la Música Tradicional Andina. (1993)
  • Pre-Columbian Music Of South America - Encyclopedia.com