Sonuscore Origins Vol.8 Fado Guitar & Cavaquinho: Fado Guitar and Cavaquinho Sounds – Professional Audio Software & Plugin

[Note: This product requires a FULL version of Native Instruments' KONTAKT. The free Kontakt player is not sufficient as it only runs the instrument in DEMO mode.] Two string instruments that form the basis for Portuguese and Latin American music the fado guitar and cavaquinho especially are also featured in styles across the world. They form a beautiful and compelling pair for the ORIGINS VOL. 8 traditional strings plugin.

The cheerful strums of the cavaquinho make for the perfect bed upon which lie the soulful melodies of the fado guitar. Fado Guitar Traditionally performed in the dark city squares of Coimbra and Lisbon fado is always accompanied by the metallic plucks and graceful slides of this special and timeless lute guitar. Also known as the Portuguese guitar it has twelve steel strings set in pairs.

With roots in old medieval music it was played by troubadours and wandering musicians alike spreading to the theater and taverns alike and now used not only in Portugal but across South America. Cavaquinho Cavaquinho is the mother of a whole family of smaller-sized strumming instruments.