Pre-Columbian South American music

Pre-Columbian South American music is loosely based around a pentatonic scale. 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.

See also

• Music of El Dorado (audio examples)
• Music from the Land of the Jaguar (audio and pictures)