Inca Music: Charango Charango: Jaime Guardia, "Virgenes del Sol"


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.

Jorge Bravo de Rueda (1895 - 1940) was a Peruvian pianist and composer. Inspired by the huaynos of Andean music, he composed the internationally popular tune for guitar and pan flutes "Virgenes del Sol", possibly the second best-known Peruvian song worldwide after "El Condor Pasa".
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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.

 

 

 
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