walaycho
The walaycho (hispanicized spelling hualaycho, also walaychu) is a small lute-like fretted stringed instrument, the smallest member of the charango family. It is the same or similar to the maulincho. The walaychu along with the charango and its variations are believed to have been born around Cerro Rico of Potosí located in Bolivia.
walaycho
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The walaycho (hispanicized spelling hualaycho, also walaychu) is a small lute-like fretted stringed instrument, the smallest member of the charango family. It is the same or similar to the maulincho. The walaychu along with the charango and its variations are believed to have been born around Cerro Rico of Potosí located in Bolivia.
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The word walaychu is Quechua meaning 'a lazy man, someone who always lays on the ground everywhere. In addition to this, an evil man'. It's a colloquial word in Bolivia for a small charango variant.
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• Name — Walaycho • Names — Hualaycho, walaychu • Background — string • Classification — *Necked bowl lutes • String instruments • Hornbostel Sachs — 321.321-5 • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — Composite chordophone sounded by the bare fingers • Developed — Early 18th century (perhaps earlier) • Related — Charango, Chillador, Ronroco
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Charango. Chalenavasquez.com.
- 2.The Stringed Instrument Database: W-Z. Stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com.
- 3.福建快3一定牛今天的:排列五走势图. Charangosforsale.com.
- 4.https://www.amazon.com/Walaycho-Chord-Bible-Standard-Fretted/dp/190620747X
- 5.https://atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/south_america.htm ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - South America
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