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tlapan huehuetl -
Mexican ceremonial vertical
standing drum played with fingers and hands

chililitli -
resonating gong

A sonic evocation in the memory of the slaughtering the temple of Tenochtitlan by the Spaniard Pedro de Alvarado, where one of the
first things he ordered was the cutting off of the drummer's hands
during the ceremony, before the killing continued

For years ethnomusicologists have quoted 16th-century documentation that only 2 pitches could be found on the drum, the sounds on this recording are done on 1 drum without sticks, and only with the hands

The reverberating resonance heard throughout the piece is activated by the sound of the tlapan huehuetl being played with hands striking the drum causing the chililitli/gong to resonate in the same room

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from RESONANCIA, released May 26, 2020
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Christopher Garcia Music Projects East Los Angeles, California

Garcia is a
composer/multi instrumentalistr/improviser/educator with hundreds of performances in 28 countries on 5 continents with various ensembles, and multi-media extravaganzas. He continues to play with a literal who's who of musicians from various continents and his YOUTUBES on MesoAmerican instruments has over 170,000 visitors and his site continues to average 2000 monthly visitors. ... more

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