Inca Research #2

Resource #: 2
Title: Inca Music
URL: http://agutie.homestead.com/files/Inca_Music.htm
Author: N/A
Notes:
What does the music of this culture sound like?
"Inca music often accompanied ritualized religious dancing. Musicians used repetitive rhythms and dissonant tones to induce an almost hypnotic state in the dancers."
What instruments are used?
"Inca instruments were made of wood, reeds, pottery, bone, shell, and metal. The Incas played two basic kinds of instruments: wind and percussion."
What social function does it serve?
Religious ceremony.