What is the difference between a cavaquinho and a ukulele?

Are they tuned or played differently?

Futura2009-10-24T01:50:21Z

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Virtually the same and played in similar fashion. The Portuguese call it the cavaquinho and the Hawaiians call it the ukulele. Essentially it was brought to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants.

Can read more here:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavaquinho

Erika2016-09-22T02:23:14Z

The ukulele is inspiration to be a successor of the cavaquinho. The cavaquinho originated in Portugal, and there may be evidence of it from ancient situations. The ukulele is such a lot powerful recognized from the nineteenth century.