Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/3448
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	tarka
Subject
	421.221.12
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Aymara
Format
	12.7 in. length (gallery #1)
19.5 in. length  (gallery #2)
13 in. length (gallery #3)
19.8 in. length (gallery #4)
Identifier
	6068
	6177
	7789 (set of 15)
Source
	South America
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Bolivia
	Peru
	Chile
Alternative Title
	tarca
	tharka
	anata
Medium
	wood
Is Part Of
	vetter collection (6068, 6177)
Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection (7789)
Spatial Coverage
	Americas
Provenance
	Vetter collection
	music department, Karin Stein gift (Aug. 2022)
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - cylindrical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	beveled edge in wall of instrument, indirectly blown against with aid of duct
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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