Scott Sadowsky - "El mochilero" (Cueca campesina)

This is a _cueca campesina_ I composed during my studies with Sergio Sauvalle Echeverría, using a traditional and virtually lost Chilean guitar tuning known as "por tercera alta" (D A D F# A C#), which I also learned from Sergio. Recovered from a long-lost and seriously degraded cassette recording from 1995, and restored as well as possible. The world of alternative guitar tunings in Chile is vast, mysterious, poorly documented and on the verge of extinction, sadly. But there is one beacon of hope here: a book called _Finares campesinos_ by Raúl Díaz Acevedo, published by Imprenta Trazos (Temuco) in 1994. Only 400 copies exist in the world. I managed to get my hands on #313 over a quarter of a century ago. You will not find a copy. But amazingly, Acevedo has a Youtube channel you can visit here: http://www.youtube.com/@rauldiazacevedo7058. And he has a true treasure trove of songs in "por tercera alta" - just search for this phrase on his channel (Youtube links to searches are broken for some reason). And it seems he may be selling homemade copies of the book! See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFkSCOGvPbE I can't help but note that Jacob Collier, who is lauded for "reinventing the guitar" for using alternate five-string tunings, was beaten to the punch at this by Chilean _campesinos_ centuries ago, as some of their tunings, and the songs played in them, completely ignore the low E string! You can hear a later, more elaborate version of "El mochilero" here: https://youtu.be/bv8r3l-QHEQ Scott Sadowsky: Composition, guitar. Copyright (c) 1995 by Scott Sadowsky. Photo: My foot and lower leg after stepping in what _looked_ like solid ground, but turned out to be some strange, bright orange mudhole. Copyright (c) 1997 by Scott Sadowsky. Check out this playlist for more of my music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7NFcKXWf2xIMJq1z2QGEBoiyjvsCkEtW Here's the playlist of my Latin American folk: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7NFcKXWf2xLWL4qDa