machete

Japanese: machete
machete

...It has a smaller guitar shape and four strings. It is derived from the machete (small guitar), a folk instrument brought to Hawaii by Portuguese sailors in the late 19th century. The body is made of Hawaiian koa wood and generally has a tapered shape like a guitar, but the type without a tapered shape is called a pineapple type. The tuning is La, Mi, Do, So from the first string, and the fourth string is higher than the third string.

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Japanese:

…ギターを小さくした形をし,4本の弦をもつ。19世紀後半にポルトガルの船乗りがハワイにもってきた民俗楽器マシェーテmachete(小型ギター)が定着したもので,胴はハワイ産のコア材で作られ,一般にギター同様のくびれた形をもつが,くびれのない型はパイナップル型と呼ぶ。調弦は第1弦からラ・ミ・ド・ソと,第4弦が第3弦より高くなっているのが特徴。…

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