Viola caipira
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The viola caipira, often simply viola or brazilian viola,[1] (Portuguese for country guitar) is a Brazilian ten-string guitar with five courses of strings arranged in pairs.[2] It was introduced in the state of São Paulo, where it is widely played as the basis for the música caipira, a type of folk-country music originating in the Caipira country of south-central Brazil.
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String instrument | |
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Other names | Viola |
Classification | String instrument |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | (Composite chordophone) |
Developed | Brazil |
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