quenas

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Scope note
End-blown flutes of ancient and modern South America, formerly made of bone, clay, gourd, wood, or metal, with up to eight fingerholes. The presentday instruments have five or six equidistant fingerholes and one rear thumbhole.
quenas
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024