Octavina

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Octavina

String instrument
Classification	Plucked chordophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	321.321 and 321.322 (Necked bowl lute for roundback, necked box lute for flatback)
Related instruments
bandurria, laúd, mandolin

The octavina or Ecuadorian-Peruvian octavina is a guitar-shaped Ecuadorian-Peruvian instrument with a tuning similar to the laúd. Originally a Spanish instrument, the octavina was soon incorporated into other cultures, notably including culture of Ecuador and culture of Peru.