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The Caipira viola or Caipira guitar [1] (in Portuguese: Viola caipira), is a Brazilian ten-string guitar with five courses of strings arranged in pairs. [2] It is a variation of the Portuguese viola that developed in the state of São Paulo during the colonial period, [3] serving as a basis for Paulista music, especially for subgenres of Caipira folklore, such as moda de viola, caipira pagode ...
El Cuatro Puertorriqueño (1938): Guitar player above the swamp water. The workers' quarter of Puerto de Tierra. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Very little is known about the exact origin of the cuatro. However, most experts believe that the cuatro has existed on the island in one form or another for about 400 years.