baroque guitar (Baroque gut string guitar)
~ String instrument
Description
Predecessor of the modern classical guitar, it had gut strings and even gut frets. First described in 1555, it surpassed the Renaissance lute's popularity.
Relationships
| subtypes: | chitarra battente (Italian strumming 17th century guitar) octavilla (Spanish melody & strumming guitar) |
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| type of: | guitar family (DO NOT USE) |
| derivations: | classical guitar (Modern acoustic gut/nylon string guitar) |
| derived from: | vihuela (Spanish string instrument.) |
| picture: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M2676_-_gitarr_-_Matteo_Seelos_-_före_1653_-_foto_Olav_Nyhus_(clip).jpg [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q748119 [info] |
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