Abstract
The spontaneous and traditional art represents one of the most important aspects in the culture of a town because it is the worldview manifestation that shows cultural reality in areas that are considered socially subaltern. This is the case of the Ecuadorian Andean region, where the ancestral sound of capolin leaves shows a historical experience and a particular sensitivity. Capolin is a leafy tree native from America. It has simple, alternate, oblongo laceolate leaves that are 6 to 14cm long by 2 to 4 cm wide. It has 3 to 5 prominent nerves from the base of the leaf. This musical technique is part of the Ecuadorian culture and has been inherited and transmitted from a remote past and at the same time is a resource with high cultural vulnerability. When talking about the research work it is worth adding that a descriptive study was carried out. It encompasses the representative cultural features of the plant in the population and the fundamental dendrolgical characteristics. The study also goes through the frecuency and the decibels created by the sound of the plant, the intonation and the human effect caused by this sound. The research concludes that the transversal axis of music is creativity and that boosting this type of manifestations can be a motivation for the dynamization of the touristic activity because it is part of the intangible heritage of a town.
Highlights
Ethnomusic and ancestral soundEthnomusic forms part of musicology and it is defined as the musical study of cultures’ oral traditions
It is a musical expression that belongs to oral tradition and it allows to obtain musical imagination of the product found in the place (Artez & Felipe, s/f)
The capolin leaf vibrates when it is handled by the ends and the musician blows
Summary
Ethnomusic and ancestral soundEthnomusic forms part of musicology and it is defined as the musical study of cultures’ oral traditions. The musical phenomenon allows to have a better communication among human population, but the most important thing is that music creates a sense harmony among peoples in a social context It becomes an observer component of intercultural dialogue, which is aimed to individualise with the group of sounds like harmony, rythm, melody and tonal coherence (Cámara de Landa, 2010). It is a musical expression that belongs to oral tradition and it allows to obtain musical imagination of the product found in the place (Artez & Felipe, s/f). It interacts directly with traditional musical instruments. The network of practitioners and music producers that make possible the deep study of the musical genre have found traces and paintings, sacred places, drawings among others
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