There is a guitar called the guitar de Fado, or something like that, (it looks like a sort of cittern),which has I forget how many strings. It tunes from a sort of fan arrangement of fine tuners which stick out from the head like the rays of the sun. When theses are played by experts they sound beautiful, and I have several tapes of Fado music. If you were going to Lisbon I could point you in the direction of a musical instrument shop just below the Castel San George. There is a lot of good folk music in Portugal, and I recommend that you look out for tapes by a wonderful group called Terra a Terra, if you want to hear great Fado look for tapes of the late Amalia Rodrigues. Have a great holiday.

Jock