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The Fado de Coimbra is a type of fado, originating in the university city of Coimbra, Portugal. It was adopted as the music of the university students, by the student community of the city, but is usually considered the characteristic music of the city.
It is performed with the traditional Coimbra Guitar (Guitarra de Coimbra), usually accompanied by classic acoustic guitar and male voices.
Guitarists Carlos Paredes and his father Artur Paredes are considered the masters and great pioneers of this musical genre. Among its most renowned singers are Edmundo Bettencourt, in the 1930's and 40's, José Afonso, Adriano Correia de Oliveira and Luís Goes, in the 1950's and 60's.
In Coimbra, the students' union (Associação Académica de Coimbra) has its own fado section, teaching this genre to musically inclined students and promoting musical projects and events related to it.
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