PAYAS are the easy bamboo
pan-pipe kit for kids and adults to make. Include one 6-inch-long
bamboo pipe split in half and eight pipes ranging
in
length
from about
7 inches
to 1
inch.
After
tying
a double knot around the largest pipe with colored cord or thread,
the pipes are place between the two strips of bamboo.
Using a cord or thread
and wrapped it around the pipe diagonally twice, forming an X.
After repeating
that on every pipe, with the remaining thread wrapped around either
side of the bamboo strips holding the pipes in place and tied off.
PAYAS are
made from a single row of graduated lengths of bamboo
pipes, tuned in a pentatonic scale. Payas are very popular andean
instrument play by Andean musicians and Andean groups
in
the regions of South America and around the globe.
