Charango - Charango (English spelling)

Japanese: チャランゴ - ちゃらんご(英語表記)charango
Charango - Charango (English spelling)

A stringed instrument of the lute family used mainly in the Andean region of Bolivia, southern Peru, and northern Argentina. It is an Indian-style modification of the guitar brought by the Spaniards, and is an instrument born from the fusion of European and South American cultures. As a result, it is made of a variety of materials and shapes depending on the region and personal preferences. It is about 60 cm long, has a dozen or so frets on a wooden fingerboard, and generally uses an armadillo shell for the body, but there are also flat wooden ones like a guitar. A wooden soundboard with a round sound hole is stretched over this shell. The strings are made of metal or nylon, and while double-stringed ones often have five courses, there are also four-course, single-string, and three-stringed ones. The most common tuning is E 5 -A 4 , with the third course being the octave E 4 and E 5 , and C 5 -G 4 . In Peru, the smaller charango is called chillador, which comes from the Spanish word chillar, meaning "to screech."

[Ryūji Uta]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ボリビア、ペルー南部、アルゼンチン北部のアンデス地域を中心に用いられるリュート属の弦鳴楽器。スペイン人のもたらしたギターをインディオ流に改変したもので、ヨーロッパ文化と南米固有の文化との融合によって生まれた楽器である。そのため、地域や個人の好みによってさまざまな材質、形状のものがつくられている。全長60センチメートル前後、十数個のフレットが木製の指板につけられ、胴にアルマジロの甲らを用いるのが一般的であるが、ギターのように木製の平らなものもある。この甲らに丸い響口をあけた木製の響板を張る。弦は金属かナイロンが用いられ、複弦では五コースのものが多いが、四コースのものや、単弦、三弦のものもある。もっとも一般的な調弦は、E5-A4、第三コースはE4とE5のオクターブ、そしてC5-G4というものである。ペルーでは、より小形のチャランゴをチリャドールchilladorとよんでいるが、これは「金切り声をあげる」を意味するスペイン語チリャールchillarからきている。

[卜田隆嗣]

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