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  2. Guitar - Wikipedia

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    The modern word guitar and its antecedents have been applied to a wide variety of chordophones since classical times, sometimes causing confusion. The English word guitar, the German Gitarre, and the French guitare were all adopted from the Spanish guitarra, which comes from the Andalusian Arabic قيثارة (qīthārah) [6] and the Latin cithara, which in turn came from the Ancient Greek ...

  3. History of the classical guitar - Wikipedia

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    An ornate guitar made by a Joakim Thielke (1641–1719) of Germany was altered in this way and became a success. From the mid-18th century through the early 19th century, the guitar evolved into a six-string instrument, phasing out courses by preference to single strings. These six-string guitars were still smaller than the modern classical guitar.

  4. Classical guitar - Wikipedia

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    The classical guitar, also known as Spanish guitar, [1] is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon , it is a precursor of the modern steel-string acoustic and electric guitars , both of which use metal strings .

  5. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    Probably African American in origin. 321.312-5: Uzbekistan: doira [150] Round, flat drum with shakers made of metal inside and a horse-skin head 211.311 + 112.113 Uzbekistan: karnay [151] [152] Long brass trumpet with a mouthpiece: 423.121.12 Venezuela: cuatro [153] [154] [155] Guitar-like lute with four strings, usually strummed 321.322 ...

  6. Music of Spain - Wikipedia

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    While these forms of music are common, there are many different traditional musical and dance styles across the regions. For example, music from the north-west regions is heavily reliant on bagpipes, the jota is widespread in the centre and north of the country, and flamenco originated in the south. Spanish music played a notable part in the ...

  7. English guitar - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. List of guitar manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 6 December 2024, at 18:57 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. Country music - Wikipedia

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    Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing stories about working-class and blue-collar American life.