Viola sertaneja

The viola sertaneja is a stringed musical instrument from northeastern Brazil. It has 10 strings in 5 courses. The strings are made of steel. It is tuned E2, A3, D4, G4, B3, E4 E4 E4.

Viola sertaneja

String instrument
Classification	String instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	(Composite chordophone)
Developed	Recife, Brazil
Related instruments
Viola caipira, Viola beiroa, viola braguesa, viola campanica, viola de arame, viola da terra, viola Terceira, viola toeira, viola amarantina.

References

• The Stringed Instrument Database Archived 2014-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
• ATLAS of Plucked Instruments