Guitarra latina
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The guitarra latina is a plucked string instrument of the Medieval period in Europe.[1] It has single string courses, and it is normally played with a pick. This gittern or citole with curved sides is illustrated in the medieval musical text the Cantigas de Santa Maria, alongside another gittern, the guitarra morisca.
References[edit]
- The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Publishers, 1980. ISBN 1-56159-229-3.
- ^ Salazar, Adolfo (1953). "La guitarra, heredera de la kithara clásica". Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica. 7 (1/2): 118–126. ISSN 0185-0121.
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