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For a four-string mandore, Mersenne said, "The fourth string is a fifth of the third; the third string is at the fourth of the second, and the second at a fifth from the treble string." [ 18 ] In other words, the mandore used a combination of fourths and fifths the courses of strings, such as c-g-c-g .
The clavichord is an example of a period instrument. In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic instruments".
The English guitar or guittar (also citra) is a stringed instrument – a type of cittern – popular in many places in Europe from around 1750–1850. It is unknown when the identifier "English" became connected to the instrument: at the time of its introduction to Great Britain, and during its period of popularity, it was apparently simply known as guitar or guittar.
Antonio Stradivari, by Edgar Bundy, 1893: a romanticized image of a craftsman-hero. A Stradivarius is one of the string instruments, such as violins, violas, cellos, and guitars, crafted by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari (Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), in Cremona, Italy, during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
The Baroque guitar (c. 1600 –1750) is a string instrument with five courses of gut strings and moveable gut frets. The first (highest pitched) course sometimes used only a single string. The first (highest pitched) course sometimes used only a single string.
This is a list of Stradivarius string instruments made by members ... In 2008 for sale by Poesis Fine Instruments. ... with five-course strings. [256] Rawlins: 1700
Seven-string guitar; Tailed bridge guitar; Tenor guitar; Ten-string guitar; Twelve-string guitar; Guitaro; Guitarrón argentino (Argentina) Guitarrón mexicano (Mexico) Guitarrón chileno (Chile) Guqin (China) Gusli (Russia) Guzheng (China) Harp. Chromatic harp; Electric harp; Folk harp; Pedal Harp (a.k.a. concert harp) Triple harp; Harpsichord ...
Comparing the two 1726 instruments, one a piano, the other a harpsichord, the lengths of the 8-foot strings are almost the same, certainly in the upper halves of the compasses of the two instruments. It is difficult to determine what metal the strings of Cristofori's pianos were made of, since strings are replaced as they break, and sometimes ...