Category: Instruments

Viola de Arame

The traditional guitar of Madeira. Its name comes from its metal strings (usually brass). With five courses of double strings, what sets it apart from its close relatives is a fingerboard raised over

Viola Toeira

Another Portuguese regional guitar, from the central coast in particular. Having been practically extinct, it is fortunately being played again. Students used it in the last quarter of the 19th centur

Traditional Fado Guitar

An essential instrument for accompanying Fado. It is in every way similar to a classical guitar (viola), but some construction details allow it to take steel strings without compromising its structura