Description
CHILEAN ELECTRIC GUITARRÓN VIDEOS
TUNING
Variable and very personal, the intervals are maintained but the most popular are:
- First order: the
- Second order: mi
- Third: do
- Fourth order: sol
- Fifth order: re
- Little devils: sol-si and fa#-la (Another very popular tuning is the same as 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 depending on the draw and 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: 1 first (per c/side) and 1 second (per c/side)
VOLUMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS
- Dimensions: 100 x 5 x 30 cm (height, depth, width)
- Weight: 2.4 Kg
- Case: not included. Extra cost of U$S 250.
- Delivery time: 4 to 5 months approximately.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CHILEAN GUITARRÓN
The Chilean guitarrón is a chordophone that has 25 strings, grouped in five quintuple and sextuple orders along the neck, also presenting four single strings outside the neck, called “diablitos”. 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).
SOURCE: https://funjdiaz.net/museo/ficha.cfm?id=117
SAMPLE AUDIO OF THE CHILEAN ELECTRIC GUITARRÓN
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
PDF: http://www.laguitarra-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Renacer-del-guitarron-chileno.pdf
Information about the instrument, history, how to play, etc.
DISCO (28 songs in mp3 format): http://www.mediafire.com/file/38xeflh313kn7d9/AGENPOCH+-+Renacer+del+Guitarr{9a08307585f211bbe657d89894c82be5a2a6a1b518633c9f937528698d55be3b}C3{9a08307585f211bbe657d89894c82be5a2a6a1b518633c9f937528698d55be3b}B3n+Chileno+-+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 INFORMATION:
https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-27902016000100001
http://www.lahora.cl/2017/09/guitarron-chileno-instrumento-unico-mundo/
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