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Cavaquinho with nylgut strings

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Uploaded by on Jul 29, 2007

Here I'm plying my cavaquinho with nylgut strings. I've written this music to experiment the classical guitar technic on this instrument.

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  • Many tks for your post.. I never tried to play cavaquinho, i'm a brazilian. I own one in 1976 - spruce and brazilian rosewood all solid. Never played it. This instrument have been closed at wardrobe for 34 years! Thinkig what to do with it , so today i'd tried Aquila Nylgut UKULELE strings and it performs very nice. BUT God.. my cavaquinho deserves a better future seeing you,,you shed a light on it,, really!

  • Eu acho que è uma pena deixar seu instrumento fechado no armario (que parece ser de boa qualidade lendo o seu comentario)! Eu sou italiano, mas descobri esse instrumento frequentando o seu pais. Não deixe o cavaquinho morrer (um instrumento como violão ou seus "parentes" precisam ser tocados para o some deles não fique fraco e nao se estrague), de uma chance a ele! :-).

    Obrigado pelo seu comentario.

  • I love the nylon string sound on the cavaco. - Are there different gauges for the timple strings?

    Jason

  • Yes, there are.

    Actually I found the gauges a little bit small for the cavaco. So the string tension is not optimal, and tends to let them too soft.

  • Very cool. Do you tune to DGBE?

  • Thanks. No, is DGBD.

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  • Some brazilians commenting here were confused because you play with nylon strings and without pluck... But I must say the result is really nice!

  • Help!  Did you use aquila Charango string set? If so which strings?

  • Beautiful.!! I have a cavaquinho..what gauge strings did you use on this..Does aquila make a set for the CAVAQUINHO

    Thanks!

  • This is amazing, it really elevates the instrument.

  • bravo

  • the m;usic was great! Culd you tell me what make of cavaquinho that is? Thank You!!

  • caralho , o cara toca sem palheta!

  • What gauges, and where would you suggest I buy to replicate this experiment. I would like to try it out.

    Thanks for the info

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