{{Short description|Andean stringed instrument}} {{Infobox Instrument | name = Chillador | image = Chillador. Bueno, Cuzco (Perú). MDMB 825.JPG | image_capt = A chillador of the steel-strung variety, with 12 strings in 5 courses | background = string | classification = *Necked bowl lutes *String instruments | hornbostel_sachs = 321.321-5 | developed = Early 18th century (perhaps earlier) | related = Charango, Walaychu, Ronroco }} The name '''chillador''' can refer either to two related types of charango. The first type, simply 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charangoperu.com/charangoperu/contenido/articulos/chillador_antiplano2.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421060508/http://www.charangoperu.com/charangoperu/contenido/articulos/chillador_antiplano2.php|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 21, 2011|title=Charangoperu.com :: El portal del Charango Peruano|website=Charangoperu.com|access-date=6 May 2015}}</ref> The '''chillador charango''' is a standardly-tuned charango but with a body built from bent sides and a flat back like a (smaller) guitar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/south_america.htm#bolivia|title=ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - South America|website=Atlasofpluckedinstruments.com|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com/c.htm|title=The Stringed Instrument Database: C|website=Stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pacoweb.net/Cuerdas/cuechara.htm|title=Ficha del Charango|website=Pacoweb.net|access-date=2018-01-23}}</ref> The chillador is a common instrument of estudiantina ensembles,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ponce Valdivia|first=Omar|year=2009|title=Omar Percy Ponce Valdivia. De charango a chillador. Confluencias musicales en la estudiantina altiplánica|journal=Revista musical chilena|volume=63|issue=212|pages=143–144|doi=10.4067/S0716-27902009000200017|issn=0716-2790|doi-access=free}}</ref> 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);<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pacoweb.net/Instrumentos/chilla.htm|title=Chillador|website=Pacoweb.net|access-date=2018-01-23}}</ref> 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==
thumb|left|200px|A chillador charango|alt= The '''chillador charango''', also called '''charango ayacuchano''' <ref>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”</ref>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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/norbertodeleonluthier/home/el-charango/tipos-de-charango/el-waylacho-o-chillador|title=Chillador - norbertodeleonluthier|website=Sites.google.com|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>
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Category:Charangos Category:Necked bowl lutes Category:Peruvian musical instruments
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