Mulatto musicians from Choluteca, Honduras, play music on simple wind instruments. Throughout pre-Columbian times, the Indians knew only two kinds of musical instruments: drums and wind instruments (flutes, trumpets, whistles, ocarinas) made of rushes, bamboo or clay. Stringed instruments such as guitars, harps, violins and mandolins made their appearance at the time of the Spanish conquest of America. Later, brass instruments such as trumpets, trombones, saxophones and horns were introduced and adopted by the natives. The introduction of new instruments went hand in hand with the introduction of a Western-style musical aesthetic. The use of foreign instruments and the adoption of foreign melodies significantly changed the folklore of the region. - 1977
