Quena
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quena is a noun meaning (music) A traditional flute of the Andes.
Meaning
(music) A traditional flute of the Andes.
Example Sentences
One song the group performed on Thursday, “La Partida,” featured lovely bell harmonics from the guitars, a shifting pattern of cross‐rhythms on the guitar‐like charango, and a quena lead.
As the band’s traditional instrumentalist, Yuri Callisaya, shrilled on the quena, the band’s fans sang along with Mr. Méndez: “Ama sua, ama llulla, ama quella,” which translates as, “Don’t steal, don’t lie, don’t be lazy.”
Word Forms
- quenas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quenacho, kena, kenacho, siku, charango, cueca.
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