a highly ornamented Portuguese guitar
Viola beiroa
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like the Portuguese guitar, it has five strings which are plucked with the fingers, but its shape, longer and narrower, is mo…
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Portuguese guitar with 5 pairs of metal strings and a sound hole shaped in the form of two hearts
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Portuguese guitar with 5 pairs of metal strings
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a Portuguese guitar that has nearly disappeared although, long ago, it was popular throughout the low Alentejo region. Its ch…
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melody that is highly ornamented
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(Argentina) guitar
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tune, tuneful song, art song accompanied by the lute or viola da gamba
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a highly melismatic responsoral chant from the mass; the third element in the Proper of the Roman Catholic Mass