The Moseño (also called the Mohoseño, Mosenjo, or Mosenyo) is a Bolivian wooden flute, traditionally made of bamboo. It is characterized by 6 finger holes, an additional 4 tone holes, and a side chamber in which air is blown into to produce sound. It is not as well-known as other South American flutes such as the

Quena The quena (hispanicized spelling of Quechua ''qina'', sometimes also written ''kena'' in English) is the traditional flute of the Andes. Traditionally made of cane or wood, it has 6 finger holes and one thumb hole, and is open on both ends or ...

or Tarka, but it was a very significant part of indigenous South American culture. It is commonly used today during yoga, reiki, certain forms of meditation, and other spiritual procedures, as well as in Andean folk music. There are many different size varieties of this instrument, ranging from soprano to bass.

Similar instruments

* the

, an indigenous Andean woodwind instrument * the

Fujara The fujara () is a large wind instrument of the tabor pipe class. It originated in central Slovakia as a sophisticated folk shepherd's overtone fipple flute of unique design in the contrabass range. Ranging from 160 to 200 cm long (5' ...

, a Slovak overtone harmonic woodwind * the Tarka, an Andean soprano flute * the Pinqillu, a small one-handed Andean flute

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