Good day, my lieges, Today will be my first post on instrument history! Maybe not as interesting as the other posts, but important and helpful nonetheless. Off to the Post! This week's topic is: Guitars Guitars -A brief History The guitar (though most people think it descended from the lute as the guitar is part of that family) descended from the Spanish instrument called guitarra latina ( also referenced as guitarra ladina.). The guitarra latina is either a descendant (though not a direct one) of the gittern , an instrument that was prominent throughout the early 13 to the late 15th centuries, is a Roman instrument called the fidicula, which was introduced to Spain and rechristened as guitarra latina, or, as written in an 1855 book, was a vigola and then a vihuela de mano before becoming the guitarra latina. The early guitar ( gl) , had 4 strings and was tuned C-F-A-D' similar to the tuning of the lute and its Sp...
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