Often used in Fado music, these loop end Portuguese Guitar Strings by La Bella are strung as 6 courses. An extra .012 is supplied as an optional plain 6th course octave in replacement of the wound .018.
|
NOTE |
DESCRIPTION |
DIAMETER INCHES |
|
1st |
Plain Steel (2 strings) |
.009 |
|
2nd |
Plain Steel (2 strings) |
.010 |
|
3rd |
Plain Steel (2 strings) |
.012 |
|
4th |
Plain Steel (1 string)
Silver-Plated Wound (1 string) |
.009 /
.020 |
|
5th |
Plain Steel (1 string)
Silver-Plated Wound (1 string) |
.010 /
.026 |
|
6th |
Silver-Plated Wound (2 strings) |
.018 /
.034 |
Here are the tunings commonly used:
Lisboa Tuning
Coimbra Tuning
Natural Tuning
