{"id":1685,"date":"2010-11-08T11:08:35","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T11:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1685"},"modified":"2011-02-06T17:01:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T17:01:55","slug":"a-viola-caipira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/a-viola-caipira\/","title":{"rendered":"A Viola Caipira"},"content":{"rendered":"

I grew up to my dad listening to Brazilian folk music, especially \u201cold school\u201d sertanejo <\/em>& forr\u00f3 (my mom was more of an 80\u2019s rock and Roberto Carlos girl).\u00a0 One instrument that\u2019s always stuck out to me in Brazilian folk music is the viola caipira<\/em>.\u00a0 Unlike the \u201cviola\u201d you\u2019re thinking of, the viola (<\/em>pronounced vee-aw-lah), is a 10 string 5 course guitar.\u00a0 Similar to a flamenco guitar, the strings are plucked by the musician\u2019s fingers. Caipira<\/em> is probably the equivalent of \u201chillybilly,\u201d and so it\u2019s mostly used in Brazilian country music, but you\u2019ll also find it in other styles.<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019s a traditional instrument and you\u2019d imagine \u201cold\u201d people playing it or listening to viola music, my 18 year old cousin<\/a> has taken on the viola<\/em> amongst other string instruments and is playing sertanejo sets at a couple of bars here in S\u00e3o Paulo with his friend which makes me think of my papai and my childhood!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a song by Almir Sater, one of the grande violeiros<\/em>, from Brazil, playing his Um Violeiro Toca<\/em>, which I had to translate for you because the lyrics are beautiful!<\/p>\n