The word guitar is a Persian loanword to Iberian Arabic
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A Russian seven string is tuned differently from the Spanish guitar. It is tuned in thirds instead of fourths, resulting in a G major chord as follows: D', G', B, D, g, b, d'. This tuning is thought to have derived from that of the torban, a Ukrainian variety of theorbo, as one of its tunings was also based on major triads.
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L'Arpeggiata downloads
L'Arpeggiata - Los Impossibles
Christina Pluhar – harpe baroque, théorbe, direction
Marcello Vitale – chitarra battente, guitare baroque
see esp. videos
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Alfio is Sicilian, and has mastered an extremely complex art. His music-making is part of the polyrhythmic art that Sicilians know backwards and forwards.

Interview with Christina Pluhar
at Goldberg, the early music portal
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Guitarra, portuguesa
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Marcello Vitale Tarantella Napoletana
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more chitarra battente
more
and more
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I Cantori di Carpino
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theorbos I have known
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theater am spittelberg
Hotel Palindrone
Caroline Lavelle on a very big horse
Ned Ludd Socially Useless Men
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Poliziano’s Orpheus accompanied himself on a lute
or perhaps a bowed lira di braccio
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Orpheus (detail)
Franz Frank Bildindex