“Vihuelas, violas and the Spanish guitar.” Early Music 9 (1981): 455-62.
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Sixteenth-c. plucked vihuelas and violas have narrow, slightly waisted, shallow bodies, with two bars in the soundboard placed just above and below the soundhole. The neck is ten frets in length and the courses are paired in unison throughout. There was a continuing 'sub-culture' of five-course vihuelas and violas, together with four- and sometimes five-course guitars. These were characterized by octave stringing, re-entrant tuning, and a strumming playing method. The vihuela died out during the 17th c. The guitar developed in overall size and depth of body, but did not acquire its sixth course until the end of the 18th c. (Monica Hall) RILM NO.: 81-05949-ap
Composer
Instrument VIHUELA, GUITAR
Century 16CENT
Region SPAIN
Medium
Music genre
Research field INSTRUMENTS, ORGANOLOGY