Ajayu
It has 12 strings in 5 courses. It is tuned A A, E E, A A, C# C# C#, F# F# F# or C C, G G, C C, E E E, A A A. The strings are made of steel. The soundboard is split laterally and longitudinally with a pair of strips of darker wood, probably looking for a particular sound, rather than an ornament to use.
Ajayu
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- Ajayu
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- musical instrument
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It has 12 strings in 5 courses. It is tuned A A, E E, A A, C# C# C#, F# F# F# or C C, G G, C C, E E E, A A A. The strings are made of steel. The soundboard is split laterally and longitudinally with a pair of strips of darker wood, probably looking for a particular sound, rather than an ornament to use.
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The appearance resembles a bandolin from Ecuador, the Peruvian Marimacho Bandurria and especially the Laúd.
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• Name — Ajayu • Background — string • Classification — String instrument • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — Composite chordophone • Developed — Chile • Related — Laúd, Bandurria, Bandolin, Bandola, Guitarron chileno. The Ajayu is a stringed instrument from Chile.
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La importancia de la recuperación del ajayu en el camino hacia el Suma Qamaña en Bolivia (2025) — DataCite (Centro Interdisciplinario PROEIB Andes)
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Boris Espezúa Salmón
Ajayu del fuego y los abismos
Pakarina Ediciones, 2023, 196 pp
Escritura y Pensamiento, 2024
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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