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Viola
Viola caipira, also known as viola country girl or viola cabocla, is a musical instrument in ropes fingerings and one of the regional variants of Brazilian viola . It is popular mainly inside the Brazil , being one of the symbols of the popular Brazilian Music and mainly from country music root . It has its origin in Portuguese violas , from instruments arabs like the lute
Violas are direct descendants of the Latin guitar, which in turn has an Arabic-Persian origin.
The Portuguese violas arrived in Brazil and, together with other instruments, began to be used by the Jesuits in the catechesis of the natives, called " indigenous" .
Later, violas began to be built with noble woods from the land, which has always been in large quantities in Brazil.
There are several names for the instrument, depending on the local culture, used mainly in cities in the interior: viola de pine, viola caipira, viola sertaneja, viola de arame, viola northeast, viola cabocla, viola cantadeira, viola de ten strings , weeping viola, Viola de Queluz , Viola Serena, Viola Brasileira, among others.
The classes are individual (Online or In-person) and lasting 1 hour per week.
The content of the classes is complete and diversified, alternating between technique, theory and repertoire. THE student receives all necessary material for weekly study.
As they are personalized classes, the teacher can analyze and stimulate the student's innate talents and at the same time propose specific studies with to resolve personal difficulties.
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