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Emigrants from Madeira also influenced the creation of new musical instruments. In the 1880s, the ukulele was created, based on two small guitar-like instruments of Madeiran origin, the cavaquinho and the rajão. The ukulele was introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by Portuguese immigrants from Madeira and Cape Verde. [1]
Viola de arame: the viola de arame is similar to the viola braguesa and may have a sound hole in the shape of two hearts, a half moon, or an oval. It is common on Madeira and the Azores, and has nine strings arranged in five courses: 2-2-2-1-2. Viola braguesa: the viola braguesa is an instrument resembling the guitar strung with five steel ...
Longer note values (e.g. the longa) and shorter note values (e.g. the two hundred fifty-sixth note) do exist, but are very rare in modern times.These durations can further be subdivided using tuplets.
The effect of the Portuguese participation in World War I was first felt in Madeira on 3 December 1916 when the German U-boat, U-38, captained by Max Valentiner went into Funchal harbour on Madeira and torpedoed and sank 3 ships, CS Dacia (1,856 tons), [23] SS Kanguroo (2,493 tons) [24] and Surprise (680 tons). [25]
Diatonic scale in the chromatic circle. Scales are typically listed from low to high pitch. Most scales are octave-repeating, meaning their pattern of notes is the same in every octave (the Bohlen–Pierce scale is one exception).
Over half of Madeira's plant species are also found in the Mediterranean Basin. [3] Before Madeira was settled, laurel forests, known as laurissilva covered most of the island. Laurissilva now covers 16 % of the island, and is found between 300 and 1,300 metres (980 and 4,270 ft) elevation on the Madeira's wet north-facing slopes, and from 700 ...
A tourist-themed park was constructed to exhibit examples of the island's early history and culture; the Madeira Theme Park is an ample area, on 7 acres (28,000 m 2) of land, where visitors discover the cultures of Madeira and Porto Santo. This includes exhibits on the island's history, artifacts used in daily life and cultural presentations ...
Map of the Amazon Basin with the Madeira River highlighted. The Madeira River (Portuguese: Rio Madeira [maˈdejɾɐ]) is a major waterway in South America.It is estimated to be 1,450 km (900 mi) in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near 3,250 km (2,020 mi) [4] or 3,380 km (2,100 mi) in length depending on the measuring party and their methods.