Article Nº 3796 Arts, literature and historiography Vol. III · pp. 735–736
Viola de arame
A wire-strung guitar played by Madeiran country people, with its tuning as reported by an amateur musician.
A musical instrument with wire strings, played only by country people. Its tuning, as we are informed by Captain Eduardo A. dos Santos Pereira, a distinguished amateur musician, is as follows: E (bass string), A, D, G, B, E (top string).
The viola de arame (wire-strung folk guitar) is an instrument much loved by country people and accompanies them on their journeys, but the sounds it produces are not very pleasing to the educated ear.
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