EXCELLENT QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE: The Guitarra Portuguesa is a small teardrop-shaped Portuguese cittern used in "Fado" music. The two different types of Guitarra Portuguesas are distinguished by their size, heads and tunings.
GUITARRA PORTUGUESA STRINGS: We've provided an extra 012P plain steel string as an optional plain sixth-course octave for Coimbra tuning, in replacement of the wound 018W for Lisboa tuning. Plain Steel & Silver-Plated Wound, Loop Ends.
STRING GAUGES: Listed in courses from right (highest note) to left (lowest now), .009P & .009P, .010P & .010P, .012P & .012P, .009P & .020W, .010P & .026W, .018W/.012P & .034W
MADE IN THE USA: La Bella guitar strings are made in the USA with American wire. Our strings are packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging). This process controls the amount of oxygen and moisture in the packaging, which helps keep your strings fresh.
