- The
vihuela (Spanish pronunciation: [viˈwela]) is a 15th-century
fretted plucked Spanish string instrument,
shaped like a
guitar (figure-of-eight form...
- The
Mexican vihuela ([biˈwe.la]) is a guitar-like
string instrument from 19th-century
Mexico with five
strings and
typically pla**** in
mariachi groups...
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features of the
vihuela: e.g., a flat back,
sharp waist-cuts, frets, thin ribs initially, and
identical tuning—hence its
original name,
vihuela de arco; arco...
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instruments into two
categories of
vihuelas. The
vihuela de arco was an
instrument that
mimicked the violin, and the
vihuela de
Penola was pla**** with a plectrum...
- A
fiddle is a
bowed string musical instrument, most
often a violin. It is a
colloquial term for the violin, used by
players in all genres,
including classical...
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instruments into two
categories of
vihuelas. The
vihuela de arco was an
instrument that
mimicked the violin, and the
vihuela de
penola was pla**** with a plectrum...
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tuned as mandolin (g-d-a-e).
vihuelas de
concheros or
vihuela conchera: with 5
double courses (10 strings).
Tuned as
vihuela, but in the 3rd, 4th and 5th...
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evolution of
classical guitars began with the
influences of the
gittern and
vihuela in the 16th
century and
ended with the
modern classical guitar in the mid-19th...
- 1580) was a
Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also pla**** the
vihuela, a guitar-shaped
string instrument. He was an
innovative composer of instrumental...
- strings.
classical guitars derive from
instruments such as the lute, the
vihuela, the
gittern (the name
being a
derivative of the Gr**** "kithara"), which...
