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Portuguese guitar
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 Left: Coimbra guitar; right: Lisboa guitar | |
| String instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | String instrument |
| Related instruments | |
| English guitar - Cittern | |
The Portuguese guitar or Portuguese guitarra (Portuguese: guitarra portuguesa, pronounced [ɡiˈtaʁɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]) is a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings, strung in six courses of two strings. It is one of the few musical instruments that still uses watch-key or Preston tuners. It is iconically associated with the musical genre known as Fado.
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