INSTRUMENTS OF MESOAMERICA/INDIGENOUS MEXICO IMPROVISATION DEMONSTRATION

Indigenous instruments of Mexico - improvisation/demonstration SPECIAL THANKS to Joseph Julian Gonzalez for filming in his studio between takes of recordings for his MISA AZTECA INSTRUMENT NAMES in English, Spanish, Nahuatl and Maya English - Fresh water Turtle shells Spanish - Caparazon Nahuatl - Ayotapalcatl or Ayotapalcatl Ayotl is the word for turtle NOT turtle shell Mayan - Aak traditionally these are played with deer antlers ADDITIONAL INFO ON THE INSTRUMENTS CAN BE FOUND HERE ADDITIONAL INFO ON CHRISTOPHER GARCIA CAN BE FOUND HERE * was recently at a library and found a note in regards to the Ayotl in a book printed 1920’s “people mistakenly play the shell as a drum, it is actually scraped with a deer antler, much like a guiro or a