Guitarrón chileno

The Guitarrón Chileno is mainly used to accompany el Canto a lo Poeta (the Poet Singing), an old Chilean folk genre that combines décima (a ten-line poetic form) and payada (improvisation).

"Singing to the Divine" (solemn, religious, more prepared themes)[2] and Canto a lo Humano, lit.

[4] As with most relatives of the guitar, the guitarrón chileno is constructed of wood and the same major sections may be distinguished in its construction: One of the most distinctive features of the guitarrón chileno is the "little devils": four short, high-pitched strings, arranged two on each side of the neck, which run from tuners on the upper bouts to auxillaty pins on the sides of the bridge near the daggers, the 2 Devils on the Right are tuned to the Tonic Chord of the Key while the 2 Devils on the Left are tuned to the Dominant Chord of the Key.

[11][12] The traditional playing method for the guitarrón chileno is to pluck the strings with the finger tips and nails of the right hand.

The left hand frets strings on the fingerboard in a manner similar to that of the guitar and other guitar-like instruments.