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Central America

Flute Music from the Kuna of Panama (Part 3)

John Lai’s analysis of a Panama flute cycle where the cycle length is varied by extending a fragment of material.

Flute Music from the Kuna of Panama (Part 1)

John Lai’s analysis of a flexible length cycle played by panflutes in Panama, where different material is inserted between identical starting and ending phrases.


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