Episode 1
The Amerindian musicar
What differentiates Amerindian music from that which we have inherited from Europe and which is taught in schools, played on the radio and danced at parties? What did the Spaniards say about the music of the indigenous people when they arrived in America?
In the first chapter of the series, we offer some keys to understanding vernacular sound manifestations, we develop the concept of "musicar" and listen to a nguillatún and Mapuche songs, Chinese dances from the central zone, an Aymara song and an Atacameño farewell song.
Episode 2
Flutes, timbres and duality
Flutes dominated the sound landscape in the Americas. The instruments and the way they are played have a deep cultural significance.
We listen to records with Pifilkas, tarkas, sikus, lichibayus. We explain the cracked sound and batimiento and understand the relevance of the dual flutes and collective flutes.
Episode 3
Voices and songs
Singing in ancient traditions is not an act of showing off, it is a tool to share, to communicate, to reestablish equilibrium.
We listen to ceremonial songs, of shepherding, of presentation, of devotion and of imitation of nature. Yaganes, Mapuche, Aymara, Atacameños and mestizos.
Episode 4
Intimate Sounds
The most intimate, domestic and loving dimension of the "Sonido Amerindio".
We listen to songs for guaguas, of children's games and conquest, a chilling tale and an instrument to accompany us in the solitude of the mountain.
Episode 5
The music of the animals
Humans and animals share the landscape and the sound space. They respect each other, listen to each other and sing to each other.
We listen to cattle herding music, horse songs, bird imitation, bull songs and songs to communicate with sea lions in Patagonia.
Episode 6
Musical calendar (part 1)
Just as in the summer trees produce fruit, humans produce certain music. When planting or harvesting, when remembering the dead or honoring a saint, there is different music.
We begin a series of four chapters dedicated to the musical calendar in the month of June, when the year begins for the indigenous peoples of the southern hemisphere. We listen to We Tripantu, the feast of San Pedro in Loncura, Petorquita and La Tirana, songs for planting quinoa and potatoes and the complete cycle of the feast of San Santiago de Usmagama, which lasts three days.
Episode 7
Musical calendar (part 2)
Second part of a four-episode cycle dedicated to listen, month by month, to the rites and festivities of the Amerindian peoples.
Cleaning of canals in Peine and Ayquina, Day of the Dead chants, pachallampe, Chinese dances in the feast of the Virgin of Andacollo and Christmas sound in this chapter.
Episode 8
Carnival. Musical calendar (part3)
The third installment of a four-episode series of episodes dedicated to the musical calendar of the indigenous and mestizo peoples of Chile, month by month, is dedicated entirely to carnival, a time of celebration, excesses and joy.
We listen to the carnivals of Caspana, Toconce, Talabre, Toconao, Socoroma, Azapa and the complete cycle of the carnival of Cariquima.
Episode 9
Musical calendar (part 4 and final)
We close a four-episode special dedicated to the festivals and rites of the indigenous peoples of Chile, from June to June.
We listen to nguillatún, the feast of the Cross of May and the feast of the Holy Spirit in the Aymara village of Jaiña, which lasts several days. An annual cycle closes and a new one begins.
Episode 10
Perspectivism, trance and shamanism
Communication between humans, animals and spirits is possible because they all share the same essence. And sound is primordial in this relationship.
We develop the concept of perspectivism, the trance that allows communication with other beings and the figure of the shaman in Amerindian cultures. We listen to the Sirinu, the spirit of music, the juturi ceremony, chants for the chullumpe, the last Selknam shaman calling a whale and several machis accompanied by their kultrún.
Episode 11
Full orchestra
The orchestra we all know, with professional conductor and instrumentalists, has nothing to do with the Amerindian orchestra. When several people play together, very different things happen in Europe and in America.
We listen to sikus, tarkeadas, lakitas and Chinese dances. We understand how these orchestras work and why that structure reflects the society that creates them.
Episode 12
Between tradition and change. Final notes
We reflect on the silencing of the indigenous after the invasion, the multiple sound syncretisms and the vitality of the Amerindian sound.
We listen to music that resists and others that mix, indigenous, avant-garde, electronic and Mapuche rap.
