| Viola beiroa | |
| Image Capt: | Portuguese Viola Beiroa at the Casa Museo Del Timple, Lanzarote, Spain. |
| Background: | string |
| Classification: | String instrument |
| Hornbostel Sachs Desc: | Composite chordophone |
| Developed: | Castelo Branco, Eastern Portugal |
| Related: | Viola caipira, viola braguesa, viola campanica, viola da terra, viola de arame, viola sertaneja, viola Terceira, viola toeira, viola amarantina. |
The viola beiroa is a stringed musical instrument from Castelo Branco, Eastern Portugal. [1] It has 12 strings in 7 courses. The strings are made of steel. It is tuned D3, D3, A3 A2, D3 D2, G3 G2, B3 B3, D3 D3. The scale length is about 520mm.