Viola de arame
The Viola de arame is a stringed musical instrument from the Portuguese island of Madeira. It has 9 (sometimes 10) strings in 5 courses. The strings are made of steel.
Viola de arame
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- Viola de arame
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- plucked string instrument
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The Viola de arame is a stringed musical instrument from the Portuguese island of Madeira. It has 9 (sometimes 10) strings in 5 courses. The strings are made of steel.
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• Name — Viola de arame • Names — Viola da Madeira • Background — string • Classification — String instrument • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — Composite chordophone • Developed — Madeira • Related — Viola caipira, Viola beiroa, Viola braguesa, Viola campanica, Viola da terra, Viola sertaneja, Viola terceira, Viola toeira, Viola amarantina.
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It is tuned G3 G2, D3 D2, G3 G3, B3 (B3), D3 D3 so "Open G Major". The two lowest courses are tuned in octaves. The three higher ones are tuned in unison. However, the 2nd highest course is a single string instead of a pair like the rest (there are also 10 string Versions w/ 5 pairs of strings). The scale length is about 560mm.
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