The viola campaniça is a portuguese
stringed musical instrument
String instruments, stringed instruments, or chordophones are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner.
Musicians play some string instruments by plucking the st ...
from Vila Verde de Ficalho, in the
Serpa Municipality
Serpa () is a city and a Concelho (municipality) in the central Portuguese region Alentejo. The population in 2011 was 15,623, in an area of . The Guadiana River flows close to the town of Serpa.
History
Serpa has its origins in early settle ...
(South-eastern Portugal). It has 10 steel strings in 5 courses, tuned C3 C2, F3 F2, C3 C3, E3 E3, G3 G3.
The adjective ''campaniço'' (kump-ah-NEE-soo) means literally "from the countryside".
External links
The Stringed Instrument Database
ATLAS of Plucked Instruments
String instruments
Portuguese musical instruments
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