The Portuguese guitar is widely used in Portuguese traditional music, especially the genre known as fado. A specific cittern, the English guitar, is thought to be the direct ancestor of the modern Portuguese guitar! The cittern was popular in Europe during the Renaissance, because of its relatively inexpensive price and ease of play. These distinctive characteristics stem from the fact that the Portuguese guitar is actually a “cittern”: a close cousin of the guitar. The Portuguese guitar differs from other guitars in several ways: it’s smaller, it’s shaped like a pear, and it has a violin-like bridge which is not rigidly fixed to the soundboard. The Portuguese guitar was developed in Portugal and descended from the European cittern. The pear-shaped plucked string instrument known as the Portuguese guitar ( guitarra portuguesa in Portuguese) has twelve steel strings, which are strung in six courses of two. Next time you start feeling green with envy, look at your list or picture and remember how much there is to celebrate about you! If you’re feeling shy – or, yes, modest and humble – think about what a good friend or close family member would say. Then find some paper and make a list – or draw a picture – of three of them. Think about your own strengths, talents, and achievements. One way to ward off envy is to remember what we do have – especially when it comes to our strengths, talents, and achievements! It’s natural to feel envious sometimes: to believe we lack what others have. Our resident artist is Sabina Hahn and you can learn more about her HERE. To access all the coloring pages for past episodes click HERE. We’re also keeping an album so please share your picture on Facebook and Instagram, and tag it with #CircleRoundPodcast. GROWN-UPS! PRINT THIS so everyone can color while listening. Original music and sound design is by Eric Shimelonis. This episode was adapted for Circle Round by Rebecca Sheir. You can also enjoy Adam in a bunch of other TV shows and movies, including “Entourage,” “Fargo,” “Friends,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Dazed and Confused,” and “2 Days in Paris.” Grown-ups, you can check out Adam Goldberg in “The Equalizer” on CBS. Voices in this episode include Paul Dateh, Erika Rose and Adam Goldberg. Our story is called “The Polka-Dotted Pigeon.” We found versions of this tale from the southern European country of Portugal. But in today’s story, we’ll meet a character who isn’t exactly “green” with envy… he’s polka-dotted! It’s natural to feel “green with envy,” as the expression goes. Or you envied the other team when they won the kickball game. ![]() Maybe you envied a friend for a really cool toy they were playing with. Have you ever experienced envy: that feeling of wanting something that someone else has?
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