Chinlili

{{Infobox Instrument |name= Chinlili |names= Chinlilo |image= |image_capt=A native Andean Peruvian lady playing a Chinlili. |background=string |classification=String instrument |hornbostel_sachs= |hornbostel_sachs_desc=Composite chordophone |developed= Peru |range= |related=Khonkhota, Charango |articles= }}

The '''Chinlili,''' also known as the '''Chinlilo,''' is a chordophone from Ayacucho, Peru. It is a variant of the Charango tuned to a lower tone.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Peruvian Music {{!}} Peru Folk MUsic|url = http://perufolkmusic.com/?page_id=77|website = perufolkmusic.com|accessdate = 2015-09-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150929095504/http://perufolkmusic.com/?page_id=77|archive-date = 2015-09-29|url-status = dead}}</ref> The frets are laid out diatonically, and it has 6 courses of 8 metal strings much like a dulcimer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.stringedinstrumentdatabase.comoj.com/c.htm|title = Stringed Instrument Database|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> The doubled courses on the instrument are tuned to an octave. The traditional tuning, known as the "temple tuning" of the courses is E - B - G - D - B - G.<ref name=":0" /> The Chinlili was prevalent in Chimaycha songs which portrayed scenes about courtship, love or poverty using metaphors from nature. Historically, the performers were herders who would meet while herding and compose music together. Current indigenous music in cities focuses on social problems and partying. The music is still a forum for people to connect through common issues, but those issues have changed.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Musical Adventures in Peru with Prof. Joshua Tucker {{!}} Department of Music {{!}} Brown University|url = https://www.brown.edu/academics/music/news/2014-11/musical-adventures-peru-prof-joshua-tucker|website = www.brown.edu|accessdate = 2015-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com/|title=The Stringed Instrument Database: Index|website=stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com}}</ref>

thumb|left|A group of musicians from Peru. The two smaller instruments with diatonic fretting are Chinlilis.

==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://pacoweb.net/Cuerdas/cuechin.htm El Chinlili]

Category:String instruments Category:Peruvian musical instruments