Viola caipira

Viola Caipira
Traditional viola caipira with fine marquetry work
String instrument
Other namesViola
Classification String instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
(Composite chordophone)
DevelopedBrazil

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.

  1. ^ Moura, Reis (2000). Descomplicando a Viola: Método Básico de Viola Caipira (in Portuguese) (by the author ed.). Brasília. p. 62. ISBN 85-901637-1-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Corrêa, Roberto (2000). A Arte de Pontear Viola (in Portuguese) (by the author ed.). Brasília. p. 259. ISBN 85-901603-1-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)