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The viola campaniça or viola de Beja is a traditional Portuguese cordophone from the Alentejo region.
Measures about 110cm, harmonic box shaped like a very tight eight and flat head, tilted relative to the neck.
It has 5 orders of strings, the three 3 highest orders being doubled and tuned in unison and the two most honed tuned in octave.
The pit...
The viola campaniça or viola de Beja is a traditional Portuguese cordophone from the Alentejo region.
Measures about 110cm, harmonic box shaped like a very tight eight and flat head, tilted relative to the neck.
It has 5 orders of strings, the three 3 highest orders being doubled and tuned in unison and the two most honed tuned in octave.
The pitch is Si3 - Sol3 - Mi3 - Lá2 - Mi2 (the last two orders with octave above).
It is usually played with just the thumb.
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