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Viola da terra: The viola da terra is a small guitar from the Portuguese islands of the Azores. It has two sound holes in the shape of hearts, and it may have either 12 strings arranged in 5 courses, or 15 strings, arranged in either 5 or 6 courses. [5]
Pages in category "Portuguese musical instruments" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Portuguese music includes many different styles and genres, as a result of its history.These can be broadly divided into classical music, traditional/folk music and popular music and all of them have produced internationally successful acts, with the country seeing a recent expansion in musical styles, especially in popular music.
The Grácio family and Álvaro da Silveira's instruments are usually considered as the pinnacle in terms of quality, although these instruments are very hard to find and can be quite expensive. Antonio Pinto de Carvalho's APC luthiery is one of the largest in Europe, and produces thousands of traditional Portuguese stringed instruments.
List of Portuguese musical instruments From a page move : This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.
List of period instruments; Traditional Philippine musical instruments; List of Portuguese musical instruments; R. Reed aerophone; S.
The cuatro is a family of larger 4-stringed instruments derived from the cavaquinho that are popular in Latin-American countries in and around the Caribbean. Versions of the iconic Venezuelan cuatro are very similar to the Brazilian cavaquinho, with a neck laid level with the sound box, like a Portuguese cavaquinho.
Galician pipe bands playing these instruments have become popular in recent years. The playing of close harmony (thirds and sixths) with two gaitas of the same key is a typical Galician gaita style. The bagpipe or gaita is known to have been popular in the Middle Ages, as early as the 9th century, but suffered a decline in popularity from the ...