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12-15-2011, 12:16 AM
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Any other Charango players here?
Here's yours truly in Argentina with my newly acquired Charango. They're surprisingly loud, have 5 pairs of strings (their nylon on my instrument, but I've seen them strung with steel). Pairs 1, 2, 4, & 5 are unison, and pair 3 is octave.
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#2
12-15-2011, 05:10 PM
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Maybe you saw my earlier thread... Can't yet say that I "play" one, but I do own one and am looking forward to getting basically familiar with it. They sure have a sweet sound. Mine look a lot like yours (very non-armadillo-ish!)...
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#3
12-15-2011, 07:09 PM
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I have a charango. I learned a few chords and made up a little ditty on it when I first got it back in 1971 but never really played it much. I haven't had it out in many years. I was just thinking about it a couple of days ago. I should get it out to see what I remember about playing it.
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#5
01-13-2012, 09:47 AM
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charango
I have one but never play it, can't figure out what to play on it. I don't do South American music, but play traditional US stuff instead.
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#6
01-13-2012, 02:09 PM
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Who says a charango is only for Andean music? Not everyone uses a sitar for Hindustani music. I think bluegrass on a charango would be interesting.
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#7
01-17-2012, 06:06 PM
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Was given one (made from a too-slow armodillo!
 )...kinda interesting, w/ a sweet sound.Been working on some songs from some Inca group my wife loves, but once I brought it to a gig and pulled it out for a very non-Incanish rendition of "The Thrill Is Gone"...thought my bassist's eyes would pop out of his head when he saw the back/sides (shell). 
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#8
01-30-2012, 09:49 PM
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The charango is a great instrument with a very rich culture behind it. I played it at a beach in CA a while back and a lot of people where asking about it. I've only been playing it for about six months but I have tabs that my teacher gave me that I could post if some like. I also have a bunch of chords for songs, but mostly they are Andean tunes. He also told me this saying: "A charanguista spends half of his life tuning his charango, and the other half he's playing with an untuned instrument." Made me laugh, though somewhat true.
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#9
01-30-2012, 10:12 PM
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Here is Mozart on the charango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dATlB...eature=related Here is Savia Andina, one of Bolivia's most famous groups, showcasing some American music with and Andean twist. They don't play the charango in this video, but they play a ronroco. The ronroco is a relatively new instrument, about 20 years since its creation, that is a cross between a charango and guitar. It is one octave lower than a charango but it still has 10 strings with the middle pair being an octave apart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcUvtQ-sz64 Enjoy!
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05-23-2012, 08:12 PM
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just ordered one
I just ordered one, so I guess it will come in a couple of weeks. I thought I would take it to my slack key guitar class in open tuning. GCEGE and try and figure out how it fits with Hawaiian sound. They sound kind of nice. I guess I had a weak moment, but I did print down chord charts and the like, so it will just be a matter of trying to figure it out. Hallelujah!
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#11
06-01-2012, 10:20 PM
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A good alternative is a tiple steel 10-string, which has four string sets instead of the charango's five, and the body is flat-backed for secure cradling.
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06-02-2012, 07:30 AM
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I love the sound of it - Bruce Cockburn uses one quite a bit. Funny story - went to a Bruce Cockburn concert and some know-it-all sitting behind us explained with great authority to the friend seated beside him that Bruce was playing a "mando-tar".
Boy, was it hard to keep my mouth shut. Another fun instrument is the four-stringed Cavaquino.
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#13
03-21-2013, 04:08 PM
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Six months ago I didn't know charangos existed. Then on a trip to South America I found one I liked (wood, not armadillo) in a local shop. I learned a few chords, listened to some charango music, and played around with stupid stuff like doing a blues shuffle on it, but nothing seriously.
This morning, in Washington DC at the Vermont Avenue exit of the McPherson Square metro station (the one closest to the White House) there was a busker playing a charango! Fingerpicking a clever melody, too. Wha........? I should have asked if he gives lessons!
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03-22-2013, 07:19 PM
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Check out Kate Hathaway and her brother who record as "The Hathaways":
http://youtu.be/Nk5TN4YEeek The Hathaways have several youtube videos, check out their rock stuff that is posted as Parasol Records live studio videos: http://youtu.be/97-_L6gYcCM Incidentally, the Armadillo Charangos faded from the popular tourist trap instruments once it became known that Armadillos are common carriers (and can transmit) leporosy to humans.
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#15
07-16-2013, 03:48 PM
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Armadillo Charangos are still quite popular, and easily obtainable both in stores and over the 'net. Worrying about catching leprosy from a charango is like worrying about catching AIDS from a toilet seat.
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