The cuk is a stringed musical instrument from Indonesia.
It has 3 strings in 3 courses. It is tuned G4 B3 E4. The strings are made of thick nylon.
The instrument evolved from the Portuguese
cavaquinho
The cavaquinho (pronounced in Portuguese) is a small Portuguese string instrument in the European guitar family, with four wires or gut strings.
More broadly, ''cavaquinho'' is the name of a four-stringed subdivision of the lute family of instr ...
. The body is usually hollowed out of a solid piece of wood. It is mainly used to play
Keroncong
Kroncong (pronounced "kronchong"; id, Keroncong, nl, Krontjong) is the name of a ukulele-like instrument and an Indonesian musical style that typically makes use of the kroncong (the sound ' comes from this instrument, so the music is called ' ...
music along with the
cak.
References
External links
ATLAS of Plucked Instruments
String instruments
Indonesian musical instruments
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