Stringed Instruments

xoxoxoBruce · 06-19-2016, 12:13 AM

I tried Google for 16 string and found 12, 14, 16 18, and more but they are all Frankensteins some musician has dedicated their life to. From this picture, even playing with it in Photoshop I can't make out how the strings are grouped. This picture came from tonight's Peru IOtD, but the only one of any instrument.
Damifino?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-19-2016, 12:27 AM

I Googled Peruvian folk instruments and got the 10 string charango, then the usual daisy chain of links led me to these...

Chango a larger member of the charango family, from 104 to 108 cm long with a scale of about 80–84 cm. It has 20 nylon strings set in ten courses, two strings to a course, and is tuned in fifths. Invented in Bolivia by the Shuarscovliente brothers, it has no frets; the strings are played open.

Moquegua: Charango with 20 strings arranged in five courses of four strings each. Tuning is like the standard charango with the third (central) course using octave doublings.

Pampeno (also Arequipeño): Another rustic, guitar-style, plywood charango used in the Arequipa region of Peru. It's 15 metal strings, triple strung in 5 courses, are tuned: C# - F# - C# - A - E, with the third (middle) course in octaves.

Sonko: A large heart-shaped instrument with 13 (and sometimes more) strings. It is a fairly recent development, first designed in the 1970s, by Gerardo Yañez. It has not yet acquired a standard tuning.

Gravdigr · 06-19-2016, 01:06 PM

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06-19-2016, 12:13 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I tried Google for 16 string and found 12, 14, 16 18, and more but they are all Frankensteins some musician has dedicated their life to. From this picture, even playing with it in Photoshop I can't make out how the strings are grouped. This picture came from tonight's Peru IOtD, but the only one of any instrument. Damifino? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-19-2016, 12:27 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I Googled Peruvian folk instruments and got the 10 string charango, then the usual daisy chain of links led me to these... Chango a larger member of the charango family, from 104 to 108 cm long with a scale of about 80–84 cm. It has 20 nylon strings set in ten courses, two strings to a course, and is tuned in fifths. Invented in Bolivia by the Shuarscovliente brothers, it has no frets; the strings are played open. Moquegua: Charango with 20 strings arranged in five courses of four strings each. Tuning is like the standard charango with the third (central) course using octave doublings. Pampeno (also Arequipeño): Another rustic, guitar-style, plywood charango used in the Arequipa region of Peru. It's 15 metal strings, triple strung in 5 courses, are tuned: C# - F# - C# - A - E, with the third (middle) course in octaves. Sonko: A large heart-shaped instrument with 13 (and sometimes more) strings. It is a fairly recent development, first designed in the 1970s, by Gerardo Yañez. It has not yet acquired a standard tuning. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-19-2016, 01:06 PM	#3
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