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 Viola de Cocho made by Braz da Viola | |
| String instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | String instrument |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | (Composite chordophone) |
| Developed | Mato Grosso, Brazil. |
| Related instruments | |
| Viola caipira, Mejoranera, Viola De Buriti | |
The viola de cocho is a singular plucked string instrument from Brazil. It is typical in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul and has been designated a part of Brazil's intangible national heritage by IPHAN, the Brazilian institution responsible for the preservation of the national cultural heritage.[1] It is unusual in that although it has only three frets at most and is left unvarnished.[2][3][4] The Portuguese word cocho, used by farm labourers, refers to a hollowed-out log forming a sort of container. The cocho is widely used, for example, to provide salt for cattle on grassland farms.[5]
- ^ Vianna, Letícia (2005). "O caso do registro da Viola-de-cocho como patrimônio imaterial" [The case of the record of the Viola-de-Cocho as an untangible patrimony]. Sociedade e Cultura (in Portuguese). 8 (2). Universidade Federal de Goiás: 53–62. ISSN 1980-8194. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ "ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - South America". Atlasofpluckedinstruments.com. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Viola-de-Cocho Produção Artística". Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Luciano Queiroz - Viola-de-cocho" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2010-05-05.