Oscar Alemán playing a Cavaquinho (four stringed Brazilian ukulele type instrument)

[sergiobollana]

@JBoyShyne, actually it is the ukulele the one that is a type of cavaquinho, not backwards. The ukulele derived from the cavaquinhos the portuguese brought to Hawaii.

[anonymous10001000]

a cavaquinho is similar to a ukelele but u can't say it's a type of ukelele......

[JBoyShyne]

@anonymous10001000 Sure I can and I did. They both have 4 strings and the scale of a cavaquinho is the same as a soprano ukululele. While a cavaquinho usually has steel strings, some folks do use nylon or gut strings on them (just like ukes). I actually posted this clip for my ukulele pals. However, in that I don't want to upset the cavaquinho community, I changed the title.

[anonymous10001000]

@JBoyShyne while they may be similar, they are not the same instrument, the ukelele would never be strong enough to support the stress required of the strings for the cavaquinho

[anonymous10001000]

@JBoyShyne also, a qavaquinho is much higher pitched then a uke, a cavaquinho is its own instrument not a "type" of ukelele

[tennisboi107]

@JBoyShyne The cavaquinho came first... the pacific islanders fashioned the ukulele (mainly out of koa wood) with a light body after the Portuguese brought the cavaquinho to the islands. :) they just didn't put as much tension on the strings because of the alternative sting types they used. They are so similar that if you reinforce an alto uke's neck you can tense the strings to the point where it is at the same pitch of the Cavaquinho.

[anonymous10001000]

@JBoyShyne yes but the cavaquinho is not the same instrument. The cavaquinho is actually the older ancestor of the ukulele. The strings are also ALOT more tense then the ukulele. A uke could never hold that pressure, it'd sooner snap in half.......

[flhashmmer]

dejenlo, los yanquis usan los nombres que ellos les dan a las cosas, y despues te discuten que son los nombres originales... ojala se pudren en su propia mierda

[treygroove65]

@flhashmmer tenes toda la razon del mundo .

[thesantiso]

argentina 4ever suckers!



[Cometsamba]

Cavaqhuino is actually older than ,the ancestor of the Uke,the Portuguese brought it to Hawaii.The only real difference is tuning.

[ttt2266]

wow!!

[victorb]

actually is a cavaquinho

[Romanius23]

Que genio

gracias por el dato de la pelicula

la quiero buscar

quien sabe

el que busca encuentra

que manera de tocar

adios che,oscar un grande

[elcoca009]

Disculpa, este clip es de esa pelicula donde Oscar interpreta la vida de un musico o algo asi? Sabes donde puedo conseguir la pelicula? Gracias

[pappoelmejor]

oscar lo maximo !!

[metaswing]

muy bueno, gracias por difundir a este genio!!!

[chelseagrrrl]

Maravilloso

[yoleandrogonzalez]

Esta escena corresponde a la película 'Historia de una carta' (1956), con Ángel Magaña. La nena que aparece es la verdadera hija de Oscar, India Morena.

[chinocurva]

The ukulele it's a derivate from the portuguese cavaquinho. It was when the sailors from Portugal reached Hawaii (a looong time ago before "united staters") that the natives fell in love with the cavaquinho and adopted him as their main stringed instrument.

Yo también soy argentino. Oscar Alemán, capo entre los capos...

[baianopachico]

This isn't an ukelele but a Cavaquinho

[marianosoule]

si aguante yo tambien soy argentino, lo grande y lo groso