Editing Inca Empire (section)

=== Music and Dance ===
[[File:The sixth quya, Cuci Chinbo Mama Micay.jpg|thumb|[[Qoya|Coya]] Cusi Chimbo playing the ''[[tinya]]''.]]

Ancient Andean inhabitants shared their experiences through singing and dancing with ''aqa'' ([[chicha de jora]]), though these practices reflected social inequalities, as some dances and songs were reserved for nobles.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bolaños |first1=C. |last2=García |first2=F. |last3=Pineda |first3=J. R. |last4=Salazar |first4=A. |title=Mapa de los instrumentos musicales de uso popular en el Perú |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Cultura del Perú |date=1978}}</ref>

Incaic Andean music was [[Pentatonic scale|pentatonic]] (using notes re, fa, sol, la, and do).<ref>{{cite book |last1=D'Harcourt |first1=R. |last2=D'Harcourt |first2=M. |title=La musique des Incas et ses survivances |date=1935}}</ref> They composed ''taki'' ("songs") with wind and percussion instruments, lacking string instruments. Key wind instruments included the [[quena]] (made of [[Cane (grass)|cane]] and bone), [[Siku (instrument)|zampoña]], pututo or {{Lang|qu|huayla quippa}}, {{Lang|qu|cuyhui}} (a five-voice whistle), and {{Lang|qu|[[Pinkillu|pincullo]]}} (a long flute). Percussion instruments included {{Lang|qu|[[tinya]]}} (a simple small drum), {{Lang|qu|huankar}} (a large drum with a stick), silver rattles, and {{Lang|qu|chilchile}} (bells).<ref name="incamusic">{{cite book |last1=Salas |first1=Samuel J.A. |last2=Pauletto |first2=Pedro I. |last3=Salas |first3=Pedro J.S. |title=Historia de la Música. Segundo volumen: América Latina |date=1938 |publisher=Editorial José Joaquín de Araujo |page=13}}</ref>

Dances were categorized as nobiliary dances for the sapa inca and the panacas, such as {{Lang|qu|uaricsa arawi}} and {{Lang|qu|guayara}}, as well as {{Lang|qu|guari}} for young nobles; masked men's war dances, such as {{Lang|qu|wacon}}; and collective dances for laborers ({{Lang|qu|haylli}}), shepherds ({{Lang|qu|guayayturilla}}), and the ayllu in their tasks ({{Lang|qu|kashua}}).<ref name ="incamusic"/>