Description
TUNING
Variable and very personal, the intervals are maintained but the most popular are:
- First order: A
- Second order: E
- Third: C
- Fourth order: G
- Fifth order: D
- Diablitos (Little devils): G-B and F#-A
Another very used tuning is like the one mentioned above, but one tone higher.
There are mixtures of metal and nylon strings, even in the same order.
The stringing can also vary according to the shot and the tuning desired by the musician.
The following configuration is the most commonly used:
- First order: 3 classical guitar seconds
- Second order: 3 electric guitar thirds
- Third order: 1 nylon sixth, 1 nylon fourth, 2 nylon firsts
- Fourth order: 2 nylon fifths, 4 metal seconds
- Fifth order: 1 nylon sixth, 4 metal thirds
- Diablitos (Little devils): 1 first (per c/side) and 1 second (per c/side)
VOLUMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS
- Dimensions: 97 x 12 x 32 cm (height, depth, width).
- Weight: 2.4 Kg
- Case: included.
- Construction time: 4 to 5 months approximately.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CHILEAN GUITARRÓN
The Chilean guitarrón (GUITARRÓN CHILENO in Spanish) is a chordophone that has 25 strings, grouped in five quintuple and sextuple orders along the neck, also presenting four simple strings outside the neck, called “diablitos” (little devils). This instrument clearly belongs to the guitar family, although its exclusive evolution in Chile has made it a unique example within this family, due to its large number of strings.
The “throw” of the instrument, that is to say, the distance between both bridges, ranges between 46 and 64 centimeters. The lower bridge needs a very strong fixation to support the enormous pressure of the metallic strings, and it is usually ornamented with ornaments called “daggers”.
Carlos Lavín in his book “El Rabel y los instrumentos chilenos” mentions this guitarrón as “one of the most original of the New World” and as “an honorable representation in America of the European proliferation of stringed instruments of the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance”. The history of the Chilean guitarrón is linked to that of the payadores and their so-called “Canto a lo Poeta”, “Canto a lo Divino”, “Canto de Velorio”, etc., in the Cordillera Province, and mainly in the commune of Pirque (Chile).
SAMPLE AUDIO
CD: El Guitarrón Chileno. “Musical Inheritance of Pique”.
Artist: Alfonso Rubio Morales
Author: Traditional
Contact: heracultura@entelchile.net
Publisher: Fondart. Government of Chile
LINKS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE “CHILEAN GUITARRÓN”
BOOK “REBIRTH OF THE CHILEAN GUITARRON” + COMPLETE ALBUM
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POPULAR POETS AND PAYADORES OF CHILE (AGENPOCH) – FONBART 1996
Information about the instrument, history, how to play, etc.
- PDF: http://www.laguitarra-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Renacer-del-guitarron-chileno.pdf
- ALBUM DISC (28 Songs in mp3 format): http://www.mediafire.com/file/38xeflh313kn7d9/AGENPOCH+-+Renacer+del+Guitarr%C3%B3n+Chileno+-+1-+1996.rar
THE CHILEAN GUITARRÓN – AGENPOCH Documents – Compilation by Moisés Chaparr
PDF DOWNLOAD: http://www.laguitarra-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Renacer-del-guitarron-chileno.pdf
INTERVIEW AND OTHER INFORMATIONS:
- http://repositorio.uchile.cl/bitstream/handle/2250/144811/reportaje_investigacion_guitarron.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
- https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-27902016000100001
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