Chinlili

Chinlili

A native Andean Peruvian lady playing a Chinlili.
String instrument
Other names	Chinlilo
Classification	String instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	(Composite chordophone)
Developed	Peru
Related instruments
Khonkhota, Charango

The Chinlili or Chinlilo is a stringed musical instrument from Ayacucho, Peru. Its frets are laid out diatonically, and it has 6 courses of metal strings. 1 or 2 of these courses are doubled in octaves. The tuning of the courses is E, B, G, D, B, G.

References

• The Stringed Instrument Database
• El Chinlili