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Viola da terra is a traditional Portuguese cordophone from the Azores islands, Portugal. There are different models of viola da terra on the islands of Terceira and São Miguel. While the Viola da Terceira has a round opening of the harmonic top, the São Miguel model has two openings in the shape of a heart. The model of Terceira has 6 orders of ...
Viola da terra is a traditional Portuguese cordophone from the Azores islands, Portugal. There are different models of viola da terra on the islands of Terceira and São Miguel. While the Viola da Terceira has a round opening of the harmonic top, the São Miguel model has two openings in the shape of a heart. The model of Terceira has 6 orders of strings, being the 3 more acute double and 3 more serious triple. The model of São Miguel has 5 order of strings, being 3 more acute double and 2 more serious triple.
The viola of 15 strings has 6 orders of strings, being from high to low, 3 double orders and 3 triple orders.
The tuning, from the high to low, is:
E4 (unison)
B3 (unison)
G3 (unison)
D3 (with the second and third string tuned in unison and an octave above)
There 2 (with the second string tuned one octave above and the third string tuned two octaves above)
E2 ((with the second string tuned one octave above and the third string tuned two octaves above)
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