Andina Mandolin Music

[Savage6s]

This song is way better on the mandolin. You should get a longer recording with better sound, I can't stop listening to this.

[mbuckley20]

man i wanna learn this song, his fingers are to fast for me at this point haha

[godril90]

wowo fantastic!!!!

this song has a title?? do you have make this song on your own or it exsisted before you?? :D i would really like to know

[charangito]

@godril90 The song does indeed have a title but I forgot it by the time I put it up here on youtube. I was having my friend Cesare play it so I could film his fingers in order for me to learn, I would have shown his face if I would known that it would end up here. I hope to see him again soon and post more from him since it is so popular. Maybe thelp him make his own youtube page, if he has not already done so.

[charangito]

@godril90 The song does indeed have a title but I forgot it by the time I put it up here on youtube. I was having my friend Cesare play it so I could film his fingers in order for me to learn, I would have shown his face if I would known that it would end up here. I hope to see him again soon and post more from him since it is so popular. Maybe thelp him make his own youtube page, if he has not already done so.

[Chichiri520]

@godril90

This song is somewhere on youtube, I heard it once before on here but I dont remember where >_<"

[Chichiri520]

@godril90

I found it! I think it's called Yurac Malki, it's here /watch?v=fuOKVNBHQYg

[imperioindigena]

@Chichiri520 hell yeah good work fella, you just found it!!!!

[RatherCrunchyMuffin]

Do you yourself own one of these five course mandolins? Are they tuned in fourths like an eight course mandolin?

[charangito]

@RatherCrunchyMuffin I own the mandolin in the video! A month before, I asked Cesare if he could get me an Andina style mando and he said that his cousin, a luthier, could build one - I picked it up at his booth in Quito's Mercado Artisanas and he was taking it for a "test drive" as I took the clip. It IS tuned as a regular mandolin the top two (thick, bass strings) are doubled but the bottom two are triple.

[charangito]

@Rouraisim -i De nada...YO y "mis compatriotas" no estoy ganando nada con este. Yo estaba en Ecuador haciendo trabajo voluntario como un tecnico en los pueblos Kichwas. César mantiene a su familia por la música y la venta de CD y los instrumentos en el mercado. Él está compartiendo su cultura y ganarse la vida y la lucha contra imperialsm cultural en hacerlo. Música Andina es un tesoro que debe ser compartido.. espero que hay musicos mundial que pueden aprender este cancion. Suerte.

[4lifeuke]

where can you download this?

[charangito]

here, do a search for "download youtube video" and you will see a variety of ways to do it... good luck

[kscriboni89]

I'm having trouble playing the second part of the song. Do you know the tabs????

[charangito]

Nope. I made the video spontaneously while at the market... my original reason for doing so was to learn the song. Keep trying; it is all right there. Maybe you can download it and slow down the playback with some video editing tools. The trick is to learn to do sustained tremelo picking - the tune is almost all tremelo. Good luck.

[edgarfercastro]

hola felicidades por la musica... me gustaria teneralguna forma de comunicarme con  tigo tienes algun correo... gracias por tu atencion.

[charangito]

DE ACUERDO rohpgp !: es musica original del region Andina. Solo es similar a otros regiones porque se usan un la misma escala - ("Etonic" en ingles) nada mas, las Quechuas tienen sus proprios melodias que tienen origines antes (o distinto) de llegada de europeos... Los parecidos entre los estilos Andinas y irlandes son:- los dos grupos son humanos y estaban usando la misma escala... nada mas - o menos. (favor de descuplame por mi mal castellano)

[rohpgp]

muy bello hermanos del Ecuador gracias por deleitarnos con su bella musica saludos desde Lambayeque-Peru!!! y esta no es musica irlandesa ni nada que se le paresca es el legado de nuestra raza ancastral QUECHUA que el hombre andino supo forjar en el tiempo y adaptar los instrumentos hispanos a su estilo y melodia

[dabit100]

linda música y como algunos dicen es parecida a la música céltica

[charangito]

Si, es muy similar; pero en musica Andina ,se usan el clave menor mas que en musica Irlandes/Celtica. Musica es una lengua internacional - y la musica Andina es preciosa: es triste y allegre en el mismo tiempo...

[JumpOffTheTWarf]

Bad ass dude, god job!

[ivona94]

what kind of mandolin is this? I can play too, but mine is much thinier..

[charangito]

This is an Andean variant of the mando that utilizes triple strings on the the two treble courses - some have triple on all fours. The advantage of 3 strings is that it is louder and makes arpegios easier. It is different from playing a "normal" mando - easier to hit the strings but slower and more of a stretch while chording. Cesar should be back at the Mecado Artisanas in Quito by now if your travels take you to Quito and are interested - he also has charangos, pan pipes and Andean music CDs!

[ivona94]

i just noticed that! it has 3 strings on the A and E notes! thats interesting... my mandolin has 2 strings (8 together)... Great job! you're playing quite good...

[charangito]

It is not ME, as noted in the "More Info" blurb, it is Cesar playing the tune in front of his stall in the Artisanas' Market. He also plays virtuoso fiddle, guitar, zampona and charango - a wonderful musician - I originally recorded this to learn the tune - that is why I didn't show his face very much...

[pawnshopper]

so did he write that or is that just a common tune

[charangito]

I don't think so, I believe it is an old Andean folk melody, in the "San Juanito" style.

[italouruguayricano]

Diez estrellas!

[southcoastsounds]

Very nice playing - well done

[HighonFire420]

Damn, that thing's neck is at least 2 or 3 times wider than mine fender A-style's neck. And yeah that does sound kinda celtic.

[LUKEJAMESBARRETT]

sounds strangely celtic

[SandroCirilo]

bellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!­!

[helloeveryonezzzz]

Reminds me of cold streams and the wind, very lovely.

[eness3]

Cool! I love andean music.