The zanka (Quechua: sanka) is larger than the malta and the sound is an octave lower. If we go up one step in size, we find the malta, which is the most common size. The smallest ones are called ika or chulli (Quechua: ch’ulli ). Sikus are made in various sized to produce different sounds. The pipes are held together by one or two strips of cane to form a trapezoidal plane. Songo is a shallow-walled (and thus more fragile) bambo known to produce an especially loud and resonant sound compared by the more common deep-walled bambo. Several different types of bamboo can be utilized to achieve different sounds. Bamboo shoots is a common choice, but sikus are also made from materials such as bone, condor feathers, and a type of cane known locally as chuk or chajlla (Scientific name: Arundo donax). Sikus are made, and have been made, from a variety of materials. These local differences also extend to playing styles.
Within the Andes, many different sikus have been developed within the various settlements and they vary when it comes to factors such as shape, size and tuning. The Siku is played across the Andes, but is especially associated with Aymara-speaking populations living around Lake Titicaca and the Quechua-speaking peoples of the Qullasuyu region.
Siku (also spelled Sicu) is the Aymara name for this instrument. The Siku is a traditional Andean pan flute (panpipe) and the main instrument in the musical gengre sikuri.
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