A piece for this instrument subtitled “homage to social life” is the last in a set of five preludes one composer dedicated to his wife Mindinha [min-DEEN-ya]. A piece for this instrument that fuses a popular genre with the mazurka and the schottische is titled “Popular Suite” from its composer's home country. A player of this instrument featured it in his first piece in a genre whose name means “crying.” (15[1])Twelve études for this instrument were written by (*) Heitor (10[2])Villa-Lobos, [VEE-uh LO-bos] who dedicated them and his concerto for this instrument to Andrés Segovia. Players of this instrument sometimes tune its lowest string to E-flat or D in“drop” tuning. (10[1])In Hawai'i, a Portuguese form of this instrument called the cavaquinho [ca-va-KEEN-yo] gave rise to the ukulele. For 10 points, name this originally Spanish instrument that typically has six strings. ■END■