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. It has 10 strings in 5 courses. They are always built from carved wood or bent sides (like modern charangos), never from an Armadillo shell (in the manner of older charangos).

Tunings

Common tunings include: * D4 D4, G4 G4, B4 B3, E4 E4, B4 B4 (A fourth below charango, sometimes called Argentinian tuning or Bolivian tuning) * G3 G3, C3 C3, E4 E3, A3 A3, E4 E4 (One octave below charango, sometimes called Chilean tuning) * D4 D3, G4 G3, B4 B3, E4 E4, B4 B4 (Octave strings on the lower courses) * G3 G2, C3 C2, E4 E3, A3 A3, E4 E4 (Octave strings on the lower courses) * C4 C4, F4 F4, A4 A3, D4 D4, A4 A4 (Also sometimes called Bolivian tuning)

References

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