Caña de millo

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The caña de millo, flauta de millo or pito atravesao is a woodwind musical instrument of indigenous origin used in the cumbia music of Colombia's Caribbean coast.^[1]

It is made of carrizo cane (Phragmites australis), palm, millet, sorghum, or similar stalks,^[2] forming a tube open at both ends, with a vibrating tongue (reed) cut of the same material as the tube, with four fingerholes. It is played transverse, and used by folkloric musical ensembles called grupos de millo.^[3] The caña de millo replaces the kuisi (or gaita) in regions of the Colombian departments of Atlántico and Magdalena.^[4]

Similar instruments are found in most of the savannah region of West Africa.^[5]

Other names[]

The instrument is known by other names such as flauta traversa de millo, carrizo, lata, or bambú.^[6] In Atlántico department it is known as the flauta or caña de millo, and in the savannahs of Bolívar, Córdoba and Sucre it is called pito atravesado.^[7] A player is referred to as a cañamillero.^[2]

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