viola toeira
The viola toeira is a stringed musical instrument from Portugal. It has 12 strings in five courses. The strings are made of steel.
viola toeira
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The viola toeira is a stringed musical instrument from Portugal. It has 12 strings in five courses. The strings are made of steel.
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It is tuned A3 A3 A2, D3 D3 D2, G3 G2, B3 B3, E3 E3. The name of the instrument comes from the strings used on the third course – "toeiras". It is characterized by having a standard or small neck-to string-length ration, high bridge position, oval soundhole and headstock with an open design. The viola toeira is a larger version of the viola braguesa. The body of the viola toeira is slender in shape, similar to the baroque guitar. Like most Portuguese violas, it has a typical bridge design in which the bridge and saddle are separate. The strings are first tied round a piece of wood that is glued to the soundboard, and then run over a separate floating bridge that is left unglued.
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• Name — Viola Toeira • Background — string • Classification — String instrument • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — Composite chordophone • Related — Viola caipira, Viola beiroa, Viola braguesa, Viola campanica, Viola da terra, Viola de arame, Viola sertaneja, Viola da Terceira, Viola amarantina.
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- 1.Tyler, James. The Guitar and Its Music: From the Renaissance to the Classical Era. Oxford University Press. 216. 2007. 978-0-19-921477-8.
- 2.The Galpin Society Journal 59 (May 2006) p.123-137, 252-256
- 3.Dolmetsch Online : Music Dictionary. Dolmetsch.com.
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