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A Brief History of the Guitar
Paul Guy
Published: 2007
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- The guitar comes from the lute(spanish instrument)
- The lute comes from an ancient ancestor, "bowl harps" or "tanburs"
- A "tanbur" is a long harp-like instrument.
- An 3500 year old guitar was found in Egyptian temples. Can be seen in museum in Cairo.
- Egypt and Mesopotamia brought 4 stringed instruments to Europe.
- Four stringed instruments were called "chartar"- meaning four strings in Old Persian.
- "Guitar" is "chartar" in Roman.
- At the beginning of the Renaissance 4 stringed guitars became dominant in Europe.
- The "chitarra" was dominante in 16th century Spain. Soon, the 5 course guitarra appeared in Italy, replacing the "chitarra".
- The guitarra set the standard tuning of the classical guitar we have today. A, D, G, B, E. Later, a 6th string was added.
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