What does ancient Aztec / Nahuatl music sound like?

What does ancient Aztec / Nahuatl music sound like?
Learn about the unique challenges with reconstructing ancient music.
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[@KG-fw5wk]

As a Hawaiian speaker and a researcher of Polynesian culture, I have noticed that there are many similarities between traditional Nahuatl music and Hawaiian/Polynesian music. The teponaztli looks curiously similar to the toʻere drums that are found from throughout the Pacific, including the indigenous communities of Taiwan. The two drums being used simultaneously look is also extremely common throughout Polynesia which uses the toʻere (hollowed drum), and the pahu (standing drums). In Hawaiian music, we add and/or modify words to add a feeling or help with timing, but it has no meaning: Ka ulu kukui o Kalamaʻula --------- Ka ulu kukui o Kalamaʻula . Ka nani o kuʻu one hānau - Ka nani kuʻu one hānau. We do not speak like this, but we commonly make these changes when singing/chanting. The Austronesian people have landed on every shore of the Pacific, and more information is being revealed that we also made it to the continent and intermixed with the people there. There are even legends of gods that dwell in the east. I wouldnʻt be surprised if they were talking about an ancient Mesoamerican society. The information presented in this video is super fascinating, and it makes me want to learn more about Nahuatl. Please keep making more content. Thank you

[@oppastoppa9786]

Their are people who talk of Polynesian warriors landing on the shores of current day Belize before the spanish arrived, you should look into it it’ll maybe give you a clearer imagine

[@citrusblast4372]

That is so fucking cool

[@heretic-668]

Genuinely appreciate your efforts to make Nahuatl more accessible to the English-language audience.

[@the.one.777]

I’m so glad I found your channel hermano I’m Mexica I lived all my life here in California since I was brought here as a baby mi familia are from Mexico City aka DF my names Citlalzin I’m proud of my heritage n world love more then anything to learn Nahuatl. Thank you very much. Much love and respect from the city of Angels Cali 🇺🇸

[@azorailke6057]

I am here in anticipation to what HOYO-MiX is going to make for Natlan in Genshin Impact. Wonderful video. Thank you.

[@Cim]

Absolutely love all of your videos, as someone studying Spanish and Nahuatl it makes it so much more accessible! Thank you for all of your amazing hard work and one day hope to carry on a conversation with this amazing language!

[@banaabekwegirl5731]

fascinating. thanks so much for making this video.

[@AngelMoreno-jl1en]

Awesome video! Thanks for posting! I've missed your videos!

[@jvr1177]

Thank you for making this video.

[@ilikepizza7513]

So glad you do this! I was just wondering if you still did. ❤

[@jacobvaldez5206]

Such a great video. Really appreciate you going in depth with this subject matter.

[@Yarima8267]

Omg I love so much your channel, Yan. Tlaskamati.

[@cabezadepija7318]

considering how the spanish have paved over the mesoamerican cultures you have to imagine the kaleodoscopic generic fast-paced latin-american party music and imagine the aztec culture and their instruments making music to this energy... music has changed so much with european conquest and the industrial revolution so you can only imagine the best energy and apply it to general historic knowledge to imagine what it must have been like

[@shcnaab]

Great video. Thank you very much from an Australian learning Nahuatl.

[@TheIronPanda12-ct7un]

I'm new, and am enjoying your content very much! I've learned a lot about some of the culture from your videos.

[@ceIinedion]

I am going to mexico city in a few months and ive just bought your book. i hope to learn some nahuatl before i go, just so i can appreciate the ancient culture more. thanks so much!

[@jackallott8392]

You don’t understand how much I love this language. Thank you hermano. From England I’ve learned so much from of the language from these videos

[@Isabelleagirlwhoeatswalls]

Dude thank you do so much

[@Wild-Siberia]

You are awesome

[@alexarviso6836]

more views for my paisano. much love

[@daedalionnoxluna3842]

Thank you VERY MUCH !! This is typically the kind of video I'm looking for at this moment ! Fascinating !

[@Indohispano]

You should make a video reacting to various pre-Hispanic songs and see how valid they are

[@sogekingfromsniperisland7033]

They’re fire!

[@RelaxYourMind90]

Hi :) watching all videos right now. Would appreciate Videos with the Thinking, Lifestyle, Thoughts about Universe etc from the Aztecs if you have any informations to share. We would appreciate it. Have a good day 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@user-ty3zi5ys7i]

Thank you for all your videos. You’re very good at teaching. This video on songs is very interesting. And now I am wondering about Temazcalli’s and songs for that ceremony. Do you have a video that talks about how Aztecs used Temazcalli’s, how often, we’re they an important ceremonies and what songs were sung during a temazcal. My uncles or Lakota and I’ve done a lot of lodges but how do I learn more about a temazcal and the songs? Thank you again.

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

Thanks ! most of the temazcalli were used for medical purposes and spiritual cleansing, but they were often smaller so they were more individual. I'm not sure if anyone had specific songs for them, but it was definitely not necessarily a harsh sweat lodge like teh Lakota's which is quite difficult hehe. It was more of a calm steam bath.

[@maryroyston6668]

Piyale my dood, as a recent orphan and never having had an ability to properly re connect with my native roots on either side of my family, this channel sure does help me feel more grounded and closer to something that feels like home again, just wanted to say thanks man🖤

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

Hope it serves you well!

[@missinher]

i got your book in the mail 🙏

[@MundoYui]

Yumari is some serious Legend of Zelda shit

[@SilviaBarretoSalinas]

Awesome Job! Thank you for your guidance. How many languages do you speak?

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

mostly these 3, I've studied Kaqchikel, Mixtec and Japanese but not fluent

[@roquemacias4616]

I'm curious to know if the teponastli can produce more sounds than just the two tones by using the sticks or perhaps hands differently. Maybe the -ti -to -ki -ko are actually sounds that describe not just high pitch and low pitch with down/upbeats, but also -ti -to (high pitch with sticks hitting center of drum, low pitch with sticks hitting the center of drum) and -ki -ko (high pitch hitting it with hands/side of drum/sliding, etc, low pitch hitting it with hands/side of drum/sliding, etc). This is what I think particularly also because /t/ and /k/ have similar consonant features, but slightly different "timbre". I like the upbeat/downbeat idea better for its simplicity and more likelihood of being true, but I cant help but wonder about them referring to different sounds/timbres/rhythms. I'll be wondering all day! haha

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

Try it out and let me know!

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

native dude😊😊😊😊

[@ricardomilos6295]

Have you seen the new Ubisoft trailer of the Ocelotl warrior? If yes could you make a review on how legit it is? Something like the youtuber Ranton did for the Monk warriors? Please 😊

[@ShinpenKyojitsu]

Huichol Rain song giving hard Majora’s mask vibes

[@zosma9857]

I was thinking the same thing

[@MexicaUprising]

Wow did you teach yourself music theory for this? Tikchiwa kwalli tekitl nochipa!

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

Had to do some reseach , luckily im not the first!

[@stackup8363]

Piyali, tlazohcamati for sharing these! My family lives in Michoacán, is there any speakers there of the Huastecan dialect? I hope you can answer this thank you again.

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

not exactly, but on the coast there is "Western nahuatl" spoken. Otherwise its mostly Purepecha language.

[@stackup8363]

@@thenahuatlchannel3896 yeah I’ve heard purepecha in patzcuaro, Michoacán both languages are nice to the ears thanks for the response

[@nobodyimportant4264]

Badass as usual man Tlazocamati miyak

[@tootallforyou112]

MajorN sent me here

[@carlosmoreno9094]

Tlasohkamati

[@KingMacuilmiquiztli]

The most powerful ruler in Nicaragua was Nahua, king Macuilmiquiztli. Proud of my Nahua heritage 💪🇳🇮

[@Indohispano]

No it was Diriangen

[@Peanut-oy8db]

Can you make a short video on how to pronounce Peanut (Tlalcacahuatl)

[@nicholaslaport3354]

Tlale-kaka-watt

[@citrusblast4372]

Tlal caCA watl

[@DemonKiller155]

Hi if you can do me a favor and translate this words for me in Nahuatl. English: Pure Love Spanish: Amor Puro How do you say those words in Nahuatl?

[@slayermonstrocity]

Nelkuali tekitl! Los sonidos -ti -to -ki -ko me hicieron pensar en los locativos de nahuatl jeje Moita timotekiwitok jeje

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

Pense lo mismo!

[@roquemacias4616]

@@thenahuatlchannel3896 igual pense lo mismo jaja, y tangencialmente, que tal si los sonidos -ti - to -ki -ko no solamente son debidos a tonos musicales, pero tambien debidos a interacciones fisicas? Como deslizando sobre el teponastli, o pegando el teponastli en diferentes lugares? Produciria diferentes sonidos, timbres, ritmos, etc?

[@nicholaslaport3354]

Yan! Ta tlawel kwalli tlamachtiketl, wan na niknekki tlaskamati Please correct this if it's totally wrong

[@itzocelotlbocanegra5986]

Ive been having trouble translating the song in xochitl in cuicatl by miktlan tonatiuh I was wondering if you could help me. This is what I hear... In xochitl in cuicatl nitotiani. Axkani tepaktia toyolotzin. Moyocoyatzin moyocoyatzin. Itekmatilia tlazocamateocalli. Tlazocamateocalli peyotzin cuicatl tloke nawake. So as you can see I'm struggling with "nitotiani" "tepaktia" and "itekmatilia". That's how I hear the words. But I'm not sure if I'm hearing them the right way.

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

ihtotia = to dance. ihtotiani = dancer. They're saying< im a dancer, axkan = now, nitepaktia - i make pple happy, toyolotsin - our heart. moyokoyatsin - your creator, itekmatilia (maybe you are hearing< titechmaktilia, or something with "maktilia" which means "to gift".

[@itzocelotlbocanegra5986]

@@thenahuatlchannel3896 thank you 🙏🏽❤️

[@carlosmoreno9094]

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[@signaturerush]

Dear Yan Garcia, If I were to learn Huasteca Nahuatl would I be able to communicate effectively with the people of Cuentepec Morelos? I don’t know what type of Nahuatl they speak but I would like to go visit Cuentepec some day because my father used to live near there when he was younger and he tells me of how he would ask them to show him some words in Nahuatl.

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

Many words will be similar, id suggest studying their variety just to be familiar with it, but once ur familiar with one variety of nahuatl. Its very easy to compare the differences

[@signaturerush]

@@thenahuatlchannel3896 Any idea what variety they speak?

[@voiceineheadphones]

Morelos Nahuatl has resources you can find online.

[@mitotyamiki]

You Say tlasotsona we say Mecahuehuetl, teponaztli instrument of harmony. Or two tongue slap drum

[@mitotyamiki]

If you haven't look up Daniel g Britton. And it way of playing music was recorded. And its Mexica not azteca( misnomer) Aztec were the people who migrated to the valley of Anahuac now México and became the Mexica.

[@firelifeblizzard8782]

Incredible incredible video I can't believe I learned so much in just 15 minutes Do you think it's right to enjoy songs that you described, like the religious songs about ipalnemohuani and ometeotl that are more reflective of Plains music styles, as reflective of our Nahua culture? Or should we see it as something entirely new

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

We can totally enjoy it so long as we understand its origins

[@jedhawkins1769]

We should pray to our Aztec gods to give us the lost musical theories and music ways of our ancestors. What do you think?

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

Try anything

[@jedhawkins1769]

@@thenahuatlchannel3896 How do I pray to my aztec gods for something like this?

[@Xilotl]

​@@jedhawkins1769The first step is to realize that they were not gods.

[@abyssano78]

​@@Xilotlthey were lmao, and still are

[@TheIronPanda12-ct7un]

Which gods?

[@Senyaotl]

Tlasokamati tinechmatiltia tlamachtihketl

[@Neldonax]

Can you confirm if chatGPT can understand and translate to and from Nahuatl? I'm not really sure if it's giving me real words and sentences or gibberish.

[@nobodyimportant4264]

Nice question ive tried to do so, but i dont know if the answers given are correct.

[@thenahuatlchannel3896]

I wouldn't trust it. The little i've seen is not good . not yet , they also don't have a lot of digital information for nahuatl yet.