Huayno Andino
The wind at thirteen thousand feet doesn't ask how you're doing either.
Huayno Andino is a style from the Roots That Hold Fast family. 105 BPM, Weirdness 20, Style Influence 96.
A quena flute whistling into the wind and a charango ringing out. Huayno, the festive music of the Andes, bright and soaring as the highland sky.
See lyrics written in this style →When to choose this style
Choose it when the celebration calls for quena, charango, and high-altitude air.
How it sounds
Andean altiplano, snow-capped mountains, intense sky
Palette: sky blue / textile red / earth ochre
- BPM
- 105 BPM
- Family
- Roots That Hold Fast
- Serial
- RAI-15
- Rarity
- Rare
- Style fidelity
- 96
- Sonic weirdness
- 20
Typical structure
[Intro] quena → [Verse] → [Chorus] → [Instrumental] charango → [Final chorus]
- QUENA IN THE WIND
- HIGH-ALTITUDE AIR
Sample excerpt
Mi mamá cargaba la manta y a mí adentro de la manta, subiendo el cerro con el charango de mi papá. Yo escuché esa música desde la espalda de ella antes de aprender a caminar sola.
Ay, cerro, cuídame a los míos, que aquí todos caminamos hacia arriba. Lo que canta triste también camina, y caminando se llega igual.
Workshop note — Primera persona, pretérito a presente, andina. El huayno alterna alegría rítmica y letra melancólica: esa mezcla es el género. A 105 BPM el charango y la quena responden cada copla; escribe versos de ocho sílabas.
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