brazilian viola database
Tuning Systems
From lower pair of strings to higher
Cebolão em D*
A - D - F# - A - D
Cebolão em E*
B - E - G# - B - E
Rio Abaixo
G - D - G - B - D
Rio Acima
C - E - G - C - E
Boiadeira
G - D - F# - A - D
- These are the most common tuning systems
Resources
Academic works that show examples of scales, rhythms, etc.:
https://files.cercomp.ufg.br/weby/up/270/o/Almir_Pessoa_-_Disserta%C3%A7%C3%A3o.pdf
https://repositorio.ufmg.br/bitstream/1843/AAGS-9G3H4H/1/disserta__o.pdf
Video
Viola Caipira and Piano
Instrumental
Audio
Instrumental
Instrumental