Khonkhota

{{Infobox Instrument |name= Khonkhota |names= Qonqota |image=Ponputudusepo.jpg |image_capt=Ponputu or Khonkhota |background=string |classification=String instrument |hornbostel_sachs= |hornbostel_sachs_desc=Composite chordophone |developed= South America |range= |related= Charango, Ronrocco |articles= }}

The '''khonkhota''' or '''ponputu''' is a stringed instrument from San Pedro de Buenavista, Potosí, Bolivia. It is now played in much of the surrounding region also. It has flowers decorating the soundboard, which symbolise fertility. The name roughly translates as harmonics, and it often only has five frets, which alternate between black and white wood. It is usually very rustically made.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com/j.htm|title=The Stringed Instrument Database: J-K|website=Stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/south_america.htm|title=ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - South America|website=Atlasofpluckedinstruments.com|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>

It has eight strings in five courses and is tuned G4 G3, C4, D4 D3, A3, D4 D4. The strings are made of steel, or a mix of nylon and steel.

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==External links== * [http://pacoweb.net/Cuerdas/cuerdas.html Pacoweb] * [https://qullaruna.blogspot.com/2011/04/la-khonkhota.html Qullaruna.blogspot] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110912053058/http://www.charango.ch/z_cpg144/thumbnails.php?album=17 Charango.ch] * [http://stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com/j.htm The Stringed Instrument Database: J-K]

Category:Charangos