Brazilian music has a similar instrument called "viola caipira." It's about the size of a travel acoustic, it uses 5 double strings like the charango and it's often tuned BEBG#BE. Though the standard tuning of the charango is CGEAE, not EADGB.
when I was a young kid back in the mid 70s my dad's work took us to Bolivia for 2 years. Since then I have had a deep love for Andean music. Although I've listened to it throughout my entire life, I never bothered to figure out what the instruments were called. Of course I knew the pan flute, but the others including the stringed instruments...I just knew they were related to guitar or mandolin but that's it. Recently my work took me back to Bolivia for about 10 days. In my research on Bolivia before going I stumbled upon a couple videos explaining the charango. I decided that I would buy one on my trip (they are far less expensive and much easier to find in La Paz than anywhere in the US, and hey, while I'm there...). When I told my mom that I was going to buy a charango she said we bought a couple of them when we lived there and that we eventually got rid of them back in the 80s. Once she said that, memories of young me came back plunking on them, but I didn't know how to play. I think I probably treated them like a toy instrument instead of a real one. So this past November when I was in La Paz I bought myself a charango and have loved learning to play it. I already know how to play guitar, a little bit of mandolin, ukulele. So, like you, this new instrument is currently very inspiring.
I’ve been working producing a 7 song album in which charango is used in almost all the tracks, the charango player just turned 71. There’s so many ways to play it, so many sounds and textures. Get the mic position wrong and you can ruin the whole thing. Preproduction is the key so you know how to record it to fit the track, but, when it’s there… holly molly…
@@AdamSliger Thanks! Where's that new book gonna be sold? I'm commited to your cause, dude. I want the physical version. You know how it works for many of us: out of sight out of mind.
Amigo el charcaho was created in the imperial town of Potoxi Bolivia in the 1500s!!! ruclips.net/video/8LDSbyS0PKI/видео.html And it is not always created with the little animal Quirquincho and almost always the Charcngo is made by hand and that is why it is difficult to find it because the Charango is personal!!! ruclips.net/video/T5bTupb8ipI/видео.html And please do not mention plagiarizing Peruvians!!!
Brazilian music has a similar instrument called "viola caipira." It's about the size of a travel acoustic, it uses 5 double strings like the charango and it's often tuned BEBG#BE. Though the standard tuning of the charango is CGEAE, not EADGB.
The tuning Young the Giant uses is EADGB, I should’ve been more specific!
when I was a young kid back in the mid 70s my dad's work took us to Bolivia for 2 years. Since then I have had a deep love for Andean music. Although I've listened to it throughout my entire life, I never bothered to figure out what the instruments were called. Of course I knew the pan flute, but the others including the stringed instruments...I just knew they were related to guitar or mandolin but that's it. Recently my work took me back to Bolivia for about 10 days. In my research on Bolivia before going I stumbled upon a couple videos explaining the charango. I decided that I would buy one on my trip (they are far less expensive and much easier to find in La Paz than anywhere in the US, and hey, while I'm there...). When I told my mom that I was going to buy a charango she said we bought a couple of them when we lived there and that we eventually got rid of them back in the 80s. Once she said that, memories of young me came back plunking on them, but I didn't know how to play. I think I probably treated them like a toy instrument instead of a real one. So this past November when I was in La Paz I bought myself a charango and have loved learning to play it. I already know how to play guitar, a little bit of mandolin, ukulele. So, like you, this new instrument is currently very inspiring.
That’s amazing! So glad it found its way back into your life!
I’ve been working producing a 7 song album in which charango is used in almost all the tracks, the charango player just turned 71. There’s so many ways to play it, so many sounds and textures. Get the mic position wrong and you can ruin the whole thing. Preproduction is the key so you know how to record it to fit the track, but, when it’s there… holly molly…
That’s really cool!!!
@@AdamSliger Thanks! Where's that new book gonna be sold? I'm commited to your cause, dude. I want the physical version. You know how it works for many of us: out of sight out of mind.
Amazon for the time being!! Appreciate it!
Thank you Adam for the inspiring and informative videos!
Thank you for watching!
Amigo el charcaho was created in the imperial town of Potoxi Bolivia in the 1500s!!! ruclips.net/video/8LDSbyS0PKI/видео.html And it is not always created with the little animal Quirquincho and almost always the Charcngo is made by hand and that is why it is difficult to find it because the Charango is personal!!! ruclips.net/video/T5bTupb8ipI/видео.html And please do not mention plagiarizing Peruvians!!!
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Yes son