Viola De Arame
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The Viola De Arame is a stringed musical instrument
from the Portuguese island of Madeira. It has 9 strings in 5 courses. The strings are made of steel.
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.
The scale length is about 560mm.
String instrument
A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
from the Portuguese island of Madeira. It has 9 strings in 5 courses. The strings are made of steel.
Tuning
It is tuned G3 G2, D3 D2, G3 G3, B3, D3 D3.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.
The scale length is about 560mm.