Charango tunings

Subject: RE: Charango tunings
From: matt milton
Date: 12 Nov 09 - 10:39 AM

Actually I've just found this website here:

http://pacoweb.net/Cuerdas/cuechara.htm

I'd be grateful if anyone who speaks Spanish could confirm that the little box on tunings, which mentions the "Mauro Nunez" system, means what I think it means. I think it might be the tuning I was after.

Subject: RE: Charango tunings
From: matt milton
Date: 12 Nov 09 - 10:31 AM

Yes, thanks, I did look there. And I've googled. I'm aware of what the standard tuning is. I'm wondering if anyone can enlighten me as to this weird one.

Subject: RE: Charango tunings
From: Mr Happy
Date: 12 Nov 09 - 10:08 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charango

Subject: Charango tunings
From: matt milton
Date: 12 Nov 09 - 10:05 AM

Anyone here play the charango?

I understand the conventional charango tuning is (from low note to high):

G C E A E

(or variants of it down or up a tone)

Has anyone heard of a charango tuning of (low to high):

E G A C E

I was bought a charango, and an instruction book (in Spanish), from Peru. And even though I don't speak spanish, this seems to be the tuning it's recommending?! (It's displayed in the book on a stave, and in Do-Re-Mi form.) If it's a misprint it's a pretty serious, insane misprint, as I've never heard of it before. It's a cool tuning though, although I guess my charango might be about to explode.