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Baroque guitar
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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.[1]
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![]() Baroque guitar built by Matteo Sellas, c. 1630–50 | |
String instrument | |
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Classification | String instrument (plucked) |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.322 (Composite chordophone) |
Developed | 17th century |
Attack | Fast |
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