Talk:Charango

message: I propose removing the paragraph that begins "Other unique South American instruments..." which is somewhat extraneous to the subject of this article.
Objections?
--RobHutten 00:08, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  other instruments... 

message: Interesting, but it seems kind of random.  There's no mention of this practice in the article.  Does this picture really serve a purpose? --Roger McCoy/រ៉ាចើ (talk) 15:41, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This image is not useful. Is anyone against removing it? Ferbr1 (talk) 13:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Cocaine smuggled in a charango

message: In section Tuning the picture named Charango tuning is wrong. The 7th and 8th note is A4 A4 instead of C5 C5, as here in the first picture (in reverse order): http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Afinaciones_del_Charango_1.jpg
Minota (talk) 08:29, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, the staff notation tuning given is incorrect.  I'm removing that illustration until an illustration showing the correct tuning can be located.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.206.185.44 (talk) 19:56, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong sheet 

message: Referring to the first sentence, where it says "[...] traditionally made with (7ko rules) the shell of the back of an Armadillo. [...]" - is this vandalism by someone named 7ko, or is there a set of rules, known as the 7ko rules, that dictates the traditional way by which a Charango is made?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.204.252.142 (talk) 19:16, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  First sentence vandalized? 

message: The section on Construction says, "Another variety is a neck with two holes bored 3/4 of the way through, parallel to the fretboard and close to the headstock (an innovation said to color the instrument's tone)."
What is the source of the information concerning these holes?  I have never heard of this before, and I've seen a number of charangos (and own several), and I've never seen these holes on any instrument.
It seems highly unlikely that any hole drilled in the neck near the headstock could in any way influence the sound of the instrument.  If, however, there is a folk tradition that they do, a source should be given for that information.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.249 (talk) 21:53, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Construction citation? 

message: There is a good deal of confusion around the web on these two(?) instruments, and nothing in this article really serves to dispell it.  For example, "both" instruments are said to be larger than the charango -- but some sources claim the charangon is larger than the ronroco; others claim the ronroco is larger than the charagon.  In fact, a perusal of some web dealers selling both instruments reveals that the ronroco and the charangon are essentially the same size:  73-80cm long, 20-25cm wide (both instruments vary within those limits).  Many sources claim the ronroco is tuned "an octave, a 5th, or a 4th below the charango" -- while others make exactly this same claim for the tuning of the charangon.
Can it be that "ronroco" and "charangon" are nothing but two different names for the same instrument?
Whether they're just two names, or actually two different instruments, either way, an article on "charango" and its family needs to clarify this.  
And if you do, please cite some references?  Thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.249 (talk) 00:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charangon / Ronroco 

message: What about The Last of Us soundtrack? Gustavo Santaolalla used the ronroco in the main theme.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.217.63.171 (talk) 02:46, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: soundtracks

message: As I understand there was only the Spanish colonial power in that region (Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, northern Chile and northwestern Argentina). I will take the sentence out until someone finds a reference for it. --RoRo (talk) 00:19, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "And other colonial powers" 

message: I notice this article is rated as "low importance" in all Wikipedia categories.  I can't really speak to its importance in the context of general Bolivian or South American subjects, although I do think it is probably at least of the same level of cultural importance to South America as the Balalaika is to Russia, and I note the balalaika article is rated as a "Top-importance Russian Article".
Regardless, of it's national/cultural importance, I believe that its rating as regards musical subjects should be much higher.
The charango and related instruments have become enormously popular over the past 15-20 years, as has the traditional Andean music which employs them.  A long history; thousands of albums; internationally recognized virtuosi; hundreds of professional and semi-professional bands; nearly a hundred contemporary books listed on Amazon; their routine presence in music stores all over South and North America; and the success of on-line distributors such as "Charango Mall" -- all attest to the importance of this instrument and its literature.
I believe its importance should be raised to at least "moderate", and even "high", in the categories:  Musical Instrument Articles and Latin Music Articles.
But I am unclear as to how one proposes such a status change.
Anyone know and care to share?  TIA.
74.95.43.249 (talk) 21:00, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Importance? 

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