GUITARRA PORTUGUESA - PORTUGUESE GUITAR

A MISSÃO DESTA GUITARRA PORTUGUESA É CORRER O MUNDO INTEIRO, EM ESPECIAL PARAR EM LOCALIDADES ( CIDADES, VILAS, ALDEIAS, ETC ) ONDE SE REALIZE UM FESTIVAL DE MÚSICA ( DE QUALQUER FORMA DE MÚSICA, POPULAR, JAZZ,CLASSICA,ROCK,ALTERNATIVA, ETC ).

AGRADECE-SE QUE QUEM APANHAR ESTE TB ( GUITARRA PORTUGUESA ) E O COLOCAR NUMA CACHE NUMA LOCALIDADE ONDE SE REALIZE UM FESTIVAL DE MÚSICA) PUBLIQUE UMA FOTOGRAFIA OU DA LOCALIDADE E / OU DO PALCO OU RECINTO DO FESTIVAL QUE ESTA GUITARRA PORTUGUESA POSSA PASSAR POR TODOS OS CONTINENTES E REGRESSE QUEM SABE QUANDO, A LISBOA , A CAPITAL DO FADO QUE ELA TÃO BEM ACOMPANHA E É MULHER INSEPARÁVEL .

CUIDEM BEM DESTA GUITARRA PORTUGUESA

..E NO GOOGLE E YOUTUBE DESCUBRAM A SUA SONORIDADE E TAMBÉM A DO FADO OBRIGADO

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THIS PORTUGUESE GUITAR’S GOAL IS TO RUN ALL OVER THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES (CITIES, VILLAGES, SMALL TOWNS) WHERE A MUSIC FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE (POP, JAZZ, CLASSIC, ROCK OR ALTERNATIVE, DOESN’T MATTER THE TYPE OF MUSIC).

IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF ANYONE WHO CATCHES THIS TB (PORTUGUESE GUITAR) COULD PLACE IT ON A CACHE IN A PLACE WITH A MUSIC FESTIVAL AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY POSTED A PICTURE OF THE PLACE OR THE STAGE IN WHICH THE FESTIVAL HAPPENS.

I HOPE THAT THIS PORTUGUESE GUITAR MAY TRAVEL THROUGH ALL CONTINENTS AND RETURNS (WHO KNOWS WHEN?) TO THE FADO’S CAPITAL, LISBON, WHERE SHE’S THE INSEPARABLE PARTNER OF THIS WONDERFUL MUSIC.

PLEASE TAKE GOOD CARE OF THIS PORTUGUESE GUITAR AND FIND OUT IN GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE THE SOUNDS OF FADO.

THANK YOU

THE PORTUGUESE GUITAR IS NA INSTRUMENT WITH A UNIQUE SET OF CHARACTERISTICS , ENABLES A BEAUTIFUL AND DIFFERENT SOOUND COMPARING WITH ALL THE OTHER GUITARS.

THE PORTUGUESE GUITAR OR PORTUGUESE GUITARRA   In Portuguese  GUITARRA PORTUGUESA, 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 THAT STILL USES  PRESTON TUNERS .

 IT IS MOST NOTABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MUSICAL GENRE KNOWN  AS “  F   A   D   O   “

The Portuguese guitar now known has undergone considerable technical modification in the last century (dimensions, mechanical tuning system, etc.) although it has kept the same number of courses, the string tuning and the finger technique characteristic of this type of instrument.

There is evidence of its use in Portugal since the thirteenth century (cítole) amongst troubadour and minstrel circles and in the Renaissance period, although initially it was restricted to noblemen in court circles. Later it became popular and references have been found to citterns being played in the theater, in taverns and barbershops in the seventeenth and eighteenth century in particular.

In 1582, Friar Phillipe de Caverell visited Lisbon and described its customs; he mentions the Portuguese people’s love for the cittern and other musical instruments. In 1649 was published the catalogue of the Royal Music Library of King John IV of Portugal containing the best known books of cittern music from foreign composers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which the complexity and technical difficulty of the pieces allow us to believe that there had been highly skilled players in Portugal.