Chillador

Chillador

A chillador of the steel-strung variety, with 12 strings in 5 courses
String instrument
Classification	Necked bowl lutes String instruments
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	321.321-5
Developed	Early 18th century (perhaps earlier)
Related instruments
Charango, Walaychu, Ronroco

The name chillador can refer either to two related types of charango. The First type, simple called chillador, is a type of charango which has a flat back and is usually steel-strung. It exists in both 10-and 12-string forms. When strung with 10-strings (in 5 courses) it is tuned the same as a charango. With 12 strings, courses 2 and 4 are triple-strung, and the (re-entrant) tuning is more like that of a charangon or ronroco in Argentine tuning. ^[1] The chillador charango is a standardly-tuned charango but with a body built from bent sides and a flat back like a (smaller) guitar ^{[2] [3]}

Chillador or steel-strung type

A chillador is a very small guitar-shaped fretted stringed instrument, usually with 10, 12, or 14 metal strings, in paired or tripled courses. It is played in southern Peru and northern Bolivia. The chillador has 5 courses like its cousin, the charango, and has a similar tuning to the charango. ^[4] The chillador is a common instrument of estudiantina ensembles, ^[5] and is typically strummed rapidly, rather than plucked. There are several characteristics that separate a chillador from a charango: The chillador has a smaller scale length (31 cm) than a charango (37 cm); ^[6] the chillador typically has 12 or 14 metal strings while the charango has 10 strings which are typically nylon; and the chillador has a flat back with laminated wood sides like a guitar, while the charango usually has a one-piece carved wood back or uses an armadillo shell. The chillador is an essential instrument of Kajelo music.

Chillador charango

A chillador charango

The chillador charango, also called charango ayacuchano ^[7] is tuned like a standard charango with 10 nylon strings in 5 courses, but it is built differently, with bent sides and a flat back like a guitar or ukulele. It is often deeper than a ukulele, in order to get a similar sound as the standard carved charango. ^[8]

References

1. "Charangoperu.com :: El portal del Charango Peruano". Charangoperu.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
2. "ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - South America". Atlasofpluckedinstruments.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
3. "The Stringed Instrument Database: C". Stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
4. "Ficha del Charango". Pacoweb.net. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
5. Ponce Valdivia, Omar (2009). "Omar Percy Ponce Valdivia. De charango a chillador. Confluencias musicales en la estudiantina altiplánica". Revista musical chilena. 63 (212): 143–144. doi: 10.4067/S0716-27902009000200017 . ISSN   0716-2790.
6. "Chillador". Pacoweb.net. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
7. https://etnias.pe/pedro-arriola-hemos-tenido-que-reaprender-toda-la-tradicion-peruana-del-charango/ Pedro Arriola: “Hemos tenido que reaprender toda la tradición peruana del charango”
8. "Chillador - norbertodeleonluthier". Sites.google.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.