This is the first Charango method to use conventional musical notation, and the only bilingual (Spanish and English) text of its kind. These characteristics make the method attractive to musicians with a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, interests and skill levels.
The method is comprised of two parts: A first section regarding strumming techniques and a second section regarding melodic plucking techniques. The first section provides a clear and precise method for learning the "rasgueo" "repique" and "tremolo" skills central to the Charango repertoire. The second section, meanwhile, provides an indispensable guide to expressive techniques for embellishing melodic lines including hammer-ons and pull-offs, trills, simultaneous melodies and arpeggios.
The method is appropriate for a wide range of musical skill levels, from beginners to accomplished Charanguists who want to improve their technical chops. Exercises are clear and progressive. In the event that the student is not familiar with music theory, an appendix clarifies the basics of musical notation. In addition to 201 written exercises for the Charango solo, the method includes 23 South American folk music classics arranged for Charango and guitar accompaniment. It thus serves as both a pedagogical tool and a source of performance repertoire. The musical scores included in the method are accompanied by a free audio download of exercises as well as repertoire played by recognized Chilean Instrumentalists.
Contents
Presentacion/Presentation
Acerca del origen del charango Regarding the Charango?s origin
Charango ind¡gena y charango mestizo The indigenous charango and the mestizo charango
Dispersi¢n del charango Dispersion of the charango
Acerca de este m‚todo Regarding this method
Caracteristicas del charango/Characteristics of the charango
Afinaci¢n Tuning
Ambirtos sonoros Sound Production
El musico y el instrumento/The musician and instrument
Conceptos escenciales Essential concepts
Como sostener el charango How to hold the charango
Rasgueo y pulsaci¢n de las cuerdas Strumming and plucking the strings
Acerca de las u¤as Regarding nails
Los acordes en el charango/The chords of the charango
Capitulo 1: Ritmos y rasgueos/Rhythms and strumming patterns
1.1 El huayno
Ejercicios Exercises 1 - 13
1.2 El bailecito
Ejercicios Exercises 14 - 24
1.3 La cueca
Ejercicios Exercises 25 - 39
Capitulo 2: El charango como instrumento melodico/The charango as a melodic instrument
2.1 Ejercicios iniciales con las cuerdas al aire Preliminary exercises on open stringsÿ
Ejercicios Exercises 40 - 42
2.2 Arpegios Arpeggios
Ejercicios Exercises 43 - 53
2.3 Escalas y melodias Scales and melodies
Ejercicios Exercises 54 - 69
2.4 Melod¡as simult neas Simultaneous melodies
Ejercicios Exercises 70 - 79
2.5 Tremolo arpegiado Arpeggiated tremolo
Ejercicios Exercises 80 - 86
2.6 Recursos mel¢dicos Melodic techniques
2.6.1 Ligados entre notas distintas Pull-offs and Hammer-ons
Ejercicios Exercises 87 - 91
2.6.2 Trino Trill
Ejercicios Exercises 92 - 95
2.6.3 Adornos Ornaments
Ejercicios Exercises 96 - 107
2.7 Arm¢nicos Harmonics
2.7.1 Arménicos que se obtienen sin pisar las cuerdas Obtaining harmonics on the open strings
Ejercicios Exercises 108 al 109
2.7.2 Arm¢nicos que se obtienen pisando las cuerdas Obtaining harmonics on the fretboard
Ejercicios Exercises 110 al 113
Capitulo 3: Tremolo Rasguedo/The strummed tremolo
Ejercicios Exercises 114 - 118
Capitulo 4: Repiques
Ejercicios Exercises 119 - 121
4.1 Repiques en compases de 2/4 Repiques in 2/4
Ejercicios Exercises 122 - 135
4.2 Repiques en compases de 3/4 Repiques in 3/4
Ejercicios Exercises 136 - 153
4.3 Repiques en compases de 6/8 Repiques in 6/8
Capitulo 5 : Otros Patrones Ritmicos/Additional rhythmic patterns
Ejercicios Exercises 154 - 166
5.1 Patrones r¡tmicos en 2/4 Rhythmic patterns in 2/4
Ejercicios Exercises 167 - 186
5.2 Patrones rítmicos en 6/8 y 3/4 Rhythmic patterns in 6/8 and 3/4