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- noun A small
string instrument of theEuropean guitar family with fourwire orgut strings .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This unique style, as showcased in their October release "After the Carnaval," layers brazilian guitar, cavaquinho and cuica timbres (among others) over funky grooves to swaddle vocals that alternate between English to Portuguese.
Gabriel Beltrone: Top 10 Global Artists to Check Out in 2009 2009
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It is usually sung in Cape Verdean Creole and its instrumentation often includes cavaquinho a small guitar-like the ukulele, clarinet, accordion, violin, and guitar.
Cesaria Evora, Rogamar (RCA Victor, 2006) smg58 2007
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On the recent Quebra-Queixo (Malandro), breezy licks played on the cavaquinho -- a tiny, high-pitched guitar -- intersect with jazzy saxophone solos over infectious syncopated rhythms for an overall sound something like tropical Dixieland.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Inicialmente composto por dois violões, uma flauta e um cavaquinho, o grupo começou adotando a polca-de-serenata, que trazia passagens modulantes em ritmo acelerado.
WN.com - Articles related to Iran says conditions right for nuclear fuel deal 2010
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Banda de Música de Mateus (brass and woodwind ensemble), alongside many other surprises, such as the use of instruments like the theremin, cavaquinho and balalaika.
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No começo, o choro possuía improvisações, em que os violões criavam o ambiente para a flauta solar eo cavaquinho fazia um papel intermediário entre eles.
WN.com - Articles related to Iran says conditions right for nuclear fuel deal 2010
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The majority of the tunes are leisurely sambas, with instrumental backdrops that consist of little more than acoustic guitar, hand percussion, and sweet-toned four-stringed cavaquinho (and sometimes even less).
Chicago Reader 2010
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Inicialmente composto por dois violões, uma flauta e um cavaquinho, o grupo começou adotando a polca-de-serenata, que trazia passagens modulantes em ritmo acelerado.
WN.com - Articles related to Iran says conditions right for nuclear fuel deal 2010
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The majority of the tunes are leisurely sambas, with instrumental backdrops that consist of little more than acoustic guitar, hand percussion, and sweet-toned four-stringed cavaquinho (and sometimes even less).
Chicago Reader 2010
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No começo, o choro possuía improvisações, em que os violões criavam o ambiente para a flauta solar eo cavaquinho fazia um papel intermediário entre eles.
WN.com - Articles related to Iran says conditions right for nuclear fuel deal 2010
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