Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/8219 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title quena Subject 421.141.12 Publisher Walata G. Contributor Roger Vetter Type Aymara Quechua Mestizo Format 14.8 in. length 0.8 in. diameter of bore (at blowing end) 0.4 in. diameter of bore (at distal end) Source South America Coverage Bolivia Peru Chile Alternative Title qina kena Extent originario Medium bamboo Requires one Spatial Coverage Americas Bibliographic Citation Hachmeyer, Sebastian. 2020. Musical Bamboos: Flute Making, Natural Resources, and Sustainability in the Bolivian Andes. Ph.D. dissertation, Royal Holloway University of London. Schechter, Jon M., and Richard Haefer. 2014. “Kena.” NGDMI v.3: 131-132. 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 notched cut in rim at end of tube or in opening of vessel 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 --