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The machete (Portuguese: machete de braga) is a small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal. It has a double bulged body, traditionally made of wood, with a small rib and has four metallic strings, which depending on the region, may be attached by wooden pegs.
Aug 24, 2021 · Taro patch fiddle, or taropatch, was the Hawaiian name for the Madeiran rajão, a small guitar with five strings of metal (1 & 4) and gut (2, 3, & 5) tuned re-entrantly, DGCEA [Fig. 1], and used primarily to accompany the voice or in ensemble with machete de braga, guitar, and 'cello. The only surviving didactic work for the instrument is a ...
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Soprano ukulele being played. The ukulele ( / ˌjuːkəˈleɪli / YOO-kə-LAY-lee; from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ], approximatelyOO-koo-LEH-leh ), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. It generally employs four nylon strings.
May 21, 2015 · Though the ukulele is a Hawaiian instrument, it is actually a modification of Portuguese instruments called the machete do braça, braguinha, rajāo, and cavaquinho. The first uke luthiers in Hawaiʻi were men from Madeira, an island off the coast of Portugal, who came to Hawaiʻi aboard the SS Ravenscrag in 1879 to work on the sugar plantations.
May 13, 2023 · Ukulele was originally known as machete or braguinha but the name “Ukulele” came from the “jumping flea” in the local Hawaiian language. Because when a player strum on the strings the fingers feels like jumping flea. Soon it became a symbol of Hawaiian culture.
Ukulele, cavaquinho, timple. The rajão ( Portuguese: machete de rajão) is a 5-stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal. The instrument traces back to the country's regional folk music, where it is used in folklore dances of Portugal in addition to other stringed instruments from the same region.
The 19th-century Madeiran 'Machete' or 'Machetinho' ('little machete') - commonly known as the Braguinha - is a small musical instrument with a body in the shape of an eight, a long neck, and four or five single strings. This small hand chordophone (plucked string instrument) forms part of the large and diverse family of late fifteenth-century ...