The cavaquinho (pronounced [kɐvɐˈkiɲu] in Portuguese) is a small Portuguese string instrument in the European guitar family, with four wires or gut strings...
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29, 1911 – February 18, 1986), better known by the stage name Nelson Cavaquinho, was one of the most important singer/composers of samba. He is usually...
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starting from the age of seven, and later switched to mandolin and to the cavaquinho. He first performed in public in 1933 at the Carnival, playing flute....
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several small, guitar-like instruments of Portuguese origin, the machete, cavaquinho and rajão, introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by Portuguese immigrants...
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bagpipes (gaita), drums, flutes, tambourines, accordions and ukuleles (cavaquinho). Within Portuguese folk music is the renowned genre of Fado, a melancholic...
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local musical instruments such as the machete, rajão, brinquinho and cavaquinho, which are used in traditional folkloric dances like the bailinho da Madeira...
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as chorões. Originally choro was played by a trio of flute, guitar and cavaquinho (a small chordophone with four strings). Other instruments commonly played...
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known by the stage name Fred 04, is the leader, singer, guitarist and cavaquinho player of Brazilian band Mundo Livre S/A. He is the co-author, along with...
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are very common. Instruments include charangas, timples (similar to a cavaquinho / ukulele), castanets, panderetas, lauds and guitars. A peculiar ensemble...
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Europe and iberian music in the use of instruments like pandeiro and cavaquinho. Brazilian carnival in essence is a synthesis of European, Native American...
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the Cape Verdean Creole, accompanied by clarinet, violin, guitar and cavaquinho. Funaná, Coladeira, Batuque and Cabo love are other musical forms. In...
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Leozinho, made use of the cavaquinho in the song Sente a pegada from 2008. Artists such as MC Delano and Ludmilla also use the cavaquinho in some songs, in 2015...
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accompaniment – whose inspiration is choro – such as classical guitar and cavaquinho. In 2005 UNESCO declared Samba de Roda part of Intangible Cultural Heritage...
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bombard bouzouki & Irish bouzouki brommtopp bukkehorn bullroarer cajón catá cavaquinho chajchas charango çifteli cimbalom çığırtma claves concertina concheras...
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local musical instruments such as the machete, rajão, brinquinho and cavaquinho, which are used in traditional folkloric dances like the bailinho da Madeira...
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the late 19th century as a possible predecessor of the ukulele. Rajão Cavaquinho Ukulele Ruymar, Lorene (1 September 1996). The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and...
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ranches "União da Aliança" and "Arrepiados" - in the latter he played the cavaquinho, a musical instrument given to him by his father when he was only 8 or...
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[pawˈlĩɲu daviˈɔlɐ]) is a Brazilian sambista, singer-songwriter, guitar, cavaquinho and mandolin player, known for his sophisticated harmonies and soft, gentle...
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At the age of seven, Cruz was given his first musical instrument, the cavaquinho, by his father (Arlindão), a friend and partner of Candeia with whom he...
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Miguel Falabella (1955–): actor. Murilo Rosa (1970–): actor. Nelson Cavaquinho (1911–1986): singer. Nelson Sargento (1924–2021): singer. Paulinho da...
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(Greece) Trichorda Tetrachorda Brac Bugarija (Croatia) Buzuq (Lebanon) Cak Cavaquinho (Portugal and Brazil) Cekuntrung (Indonesia) Çeng (Turkey) Cetera ceterone...
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local musical instruments such as the Machete, rajao, Brinquinho and Cavaquinho, which are used in traditional Folklore dances like the Bailinho da Madeira...
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History of lute-family instruments (section Cavaquinho)
instruments seen today in places that Portuguese ships landed, including the cavaquinho and ukulele. Al Andalus, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Musicians playing lute-family...
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Braguinha: the braguinha is a kind of cavaquinho (see below) that is usually found in Madeira. Cavaquinho: the cavaquinho is a small string instrument of the...
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are usually in Cape Verdean Creole, and instrumentation often includes cavaquinho, clarinet, accordion, violin, piano and guitar. Morna is widely considered...
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percussion), Marcelo Monteiro (saxophone and flute) and Letícia Coura (vocals, cavaquinho and acoustic guitar). The band was created in Recife, Pernambuco and became...
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Netto – bass guitar Sergio Portillo – bass guitar Daudeth De Azevedo – cavaquinho Maria Aparecida De Souza – backing vocals Maria Helena Violinn – backing...
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Schwartz lists the following instruments as having been used: fiddle, cavaquinho, Weissenborn, guitar, harmonium, duduk, and kitchen pots. The closing...
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Bendir (North Africa) Bobre (Mauritius) Calabash (percussion) Castanets Cavaquinho (Mozambique) Deze (Zimbabwe) Djembe (West Africa) Dunun (West Africa)...
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company software. It is noticeable that the ensemble does not present a cavaquinho or banjo, traditional instruments featuring songs in the genre of pagode...
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