https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=152&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mysteries-in-the-history-of-the-spanish-guitar-2 Blog by the guitarist Nacho Bellido Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:23:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=152#comment-1079 Claude Mon, 20 Apr 2015 02:48:57 +0000 http://theguitar-blog.com/?p=152#comment-1079 This is a very interesting article. I have a few answers you might enjoy. First, the ukulele is very well documented. It's Portuguese. Specifically, it's the Portuguese Cavaquinho, which had four strings tuned to an open G chord an octave above the standard guitar. The tuning comes from the rajao, a five string guitar the size of a tenor ukulele and tuned a fourth above the baroque guitar, with re-entrant tuning. The ukulele is a cavaquinho strung and tuned like the first four strings of a rajao. The standard American guitar is directly descended from the gut strung parlor guitar, which in turn is the American version of the Romantic guitars as played by Sor and Giuliani. The strings normally had a knot tied in the ends which was retained with bridge pins. The rise of jazz clubs requiring more volume to be heard led to the higher tension metal strings replacing the gut strings. This is a very interesting article.
I have a few answers you might enjoy. First, the ukulele is very well documented. It’s Portuguese.
Specifically, it’s the Portuguese Cavaquinho, which had four strings tuned to an open G chord an octave above the standard guitar. The tuning comes from the rajao, a five string guitar the size of a tenor ukulele and tuned a fourth above the baroque guitar, with re-entrant tuning. The ukulele is a cavaquinho strung and tuned like the first four strings of a rajao.
The standard American guitar is directly descended from the gut strung parlor guitar, which in turn is the American version of the Romantic guitars as played by Sor and Giuliani. The strings normally had a knot tied in the ends which was retained with bridge pins.
The rise of jazz clubs requiring more volume to be heard led to the higher tension metal strings replacing the gut strings.

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