Stringed Instruments Museum
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The Stringed Instruments Museum in Portuguese
: Museu dos Cordofones is located in Tebosa
, in the surroundings of the city of Braga
, Portugal
dedicated to traditional Portuguese String instruments
.
The collection features Portuguese instruments from the Middle Ages through to modern times, some have fallen into disuse.
In the exhibit are Cavaquinhos
, Portuguese guitars
, Mandolins
, banjos
among others.
The museum open in 1995.
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
: Museu dos Cordofones is located in Tebosa
Tebosa
Tebosa is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 096 inhabitants and a total area of 2.66 km².-Main sights:*Stringed Instruments Museum...
, in the surroundings of the city of Braga
Braga
Braga , a city in the Braga Municipality in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the Braga District, the oldest archdiocese and the third major city of the country. Braga is the oldest Portuguese city and one of the oldest Christian cities in the World...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
dedicated to traditional Portuguese String instruments
String instrument
A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
.
The collection features Portuguese instruments from the Middle Ages through to modern times, some have fallen into disuse.
In the exhibit are Cavaquinhos
Cavaquinho
The cavaquinho is a small string instrument of the European guitar family with four wire or gut strings. It is also called machimbo, machim, machete , manchete or marchete, braguinha or braguinho, or cavaco.The most common tuning is D-G-B-D ; other tunings include D-A-B-E...
, Portuguese guitars
Portuguese guitar
The Portuguese guitar or Portuguese guitarra is a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings, strung in six courses comprising two strings each. It is one of the few musical instruments to use Preston tuners. It is most notably associated with fado.-History:The origin of the Portuguese...
, Mandolins
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, banjos
Banjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
among others.
The museum open in 1995.