Inca Music: Charango Charango: Jaime Guardia, "Flor de Margarita (Daisy Flower)"


Jaime Guardia is a Peruvian charango player and singer. He was born in Pauza, Parinacochas province, department of Ayacucho, the February 10, 1933. Considered a master of the Ayacucho regional style of traditional Andean music and one of the world's finest charango players, he has performed and recorded as a solo act and with the group Lira Pausina.
 

The charango is a small South American stringed instrument of the lute family, about 66 cm long, traditionally made with the shell of the back of an armadillo. It typically has 10 strings in five courses of 2 strings each, although other variations exist.

Flor de Margarita (Daisy Flower) Huayno. The Huayno is a genre of popular Andean music, especially common in Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.

 

See also:
Jaime Guardia: Virgenes del Sol, Carnaval de Tambobamba, Munaspaqa Suyaykuway, Madrecita Linda, Flor de Margarita, Llanto por Llanto. Celebrating 60 years playing charango, Freddy Torrealba: Puelche, Ventolera, Camino a Potosi, Tuerto Corazon, Hector Soto: Mi Charango, Cuerdas de Plata. Various: Jihuallanca. Tutorial: Drill 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

 

 

 
Charango Music: FLor de Margarita by Jaime Guardia

 

 

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