The Brazilian Cavaquinho is usually tuned in D-G-B-D, a G-major chord. The Madeiran raj\u00e3o is tuned D-G-C-E-A, in other words. the D and G strings are both re-entrant, i.e., tuned an octave higher than expected in the normal low-to high course of strings. The GCEA strings of the raj\u00e3o are the source of the re-entrant tuning of the modern ukulele. This Brazilian type differs from the Minho\u2019s one, by its bent soundboard, seventeen fret wires and an open sound hole similar to the Lisbon instrument, but with smaller total dimensions. Its mostly known tune follows the Madeira and Minho technique with a C-major reverse position, but there are other usual tune options. Oneyda Alvarenga, M\u00e1rio de Andrade, Renato de Almeida and other Brazilian authors refer to the Portuguese roots of the local cavaquinho and C\u00e2mara Cascudo specially writes about the importance of Madeira island in this particular subject. Generally, we can say that the old type of flat soundboard with twelve fret wires corresponds the mostly traditional instrument of Minho (with early Coimbra\u2019s origins) played rasgado. Another link exists between the urban and bourgeois instruments of Lisbon, Algarve and Madeira island \u2013 played pontilhado and having a bent soundboard and seventeen fret wires \u2013 eventually influenced by the viol\u00e3o, guitar or mandolin. Despite its popular character, the Brazilian cavaquinho belongs to this second type being mainly used by urban popular social class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Specifications:<\/p>\n
Top \u2013 Solid Spruce
\nBacks and sides \u2013 Koa
\nStrings type \u2013 steel
\nFinishing \u2013 Open Pore
\nEuropean model instrument, certified wood FCS and CITES<\/p>\n
Made in Portugal<\/p>\n
Each instrument has an individual design so that no two are identical.<\/p>\n
LEAD-TIME: Hand-Manufactured to order, please allow 15-30 working days to dispatch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[75,20],"product_tag":[142,163,164,146,140,153,149,147,148,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-1421","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-brazilian-brasileiro","7":"product_cat-ukelele-cavaquinho","8":"product_tag-acoustic","9":"product_tag-brasileiro","10":"product_tag-brazilian","11":"product_tag-folk","12":"product_tag-guitar","13":"product_tag-music","14":"product_tag-musical-instrument","15":"product_tag-portugal","16":"product_tag-saudade","17":"product_tag-strings","19":"first","20":"instock","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.folkreps.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.folkreps.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.folkreps.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.folkreps.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.folkreps.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.folkreps.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.folkreps.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.folkreps.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.folkreps.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}