Rajao
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The Rajao is a stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal.
It has 5 or 6 strings in 5 courses and is tuned D4, G4, C4, E4, A4. The strings are made of steel.
The Rajao was taken to Hawaii
, along with the Braguinha (a type of cavaquinho
from Madeira) and evolved into the ukulele
.
It has 5 or 6 strings in 5 courses and is tuned D4, G4, C4, E4, A4. The strings are made of steel.
The Rajao was taken to Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, along with the Braguinha (a type of cavaquinho
Cavaquinho
The cavaquinho is a small string instrument of the European guitar family with four wire or gut strings. It is also called machimbo, machim, machete , manchete or marchete, braguinha or braguinho, or cavaco.The most common tuning is D-G-B-D ; other tunings include D-A-B-E...
from Madeira) and evolved into the ukulele
Ukulele
The ukulele, ; from ; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings....
.