- Baroque guitar
:"This article is about baroque guitars. For the modern 10-string guitar, see
ten-string guitar ."The Baroque guitar is a
guitar from the baroque era (c1600-1750), an ancestor of the modernclassical guitar . The term is also used for modern instruments made in the same style.The instrument was smaller than a modern guitar, of lighter construction, and had
gut strings . The frets were also usually made of gut, and tied to the neck. A typical instrument had five courses, of which either four or five were double-strung making a total of nine or ten strings.The conversion of all courses to single strings and the addition of a bass E-string occurred during the era of the
early romantic guitar .Tuning
Repertoire
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Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710)
*Robert de Visée (ca 1658-1725)
*Francisco Guerau 's "Poema harmonico"
*Francesco Corbetta (1615 – 1681)
*Santiago de Murcia (ca. 1682 - ca. 1740)Baroque guitar maker
Historic baroque guitar makers
The Voboam family,
Paris ,France .
*Nicholas Alexandre Voboam II
*René Voboam
*Domenico Sellas Modern baroque guitar makers
*Stephen Barber and Sandi Harris
*Daniel Larson
*John J van Gool Baroque guitarists
Historic performers
David Ryckaert III (Antwerp 1612-1661)Modern performers
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Hopkinson Smith
*Paul O'Dette
*Stephen Stubbs ee also
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Ten string guitar External links
* [http://www.classicalguitar.ws/baroque.shtml Technique] "Baroque guitar for the modern performer - a practical compromise", by Don Rowe and Richard d’A Jensen.
* [http://www.library.appstate.edu/music/guitar/home.html The Baroque Guitar] Printed Music from 1606-1737 by Dr. Gary R. Boye
* [http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7049/fctab.htm Francois Campion - Pieces for Baroque guitar in alternate tunings]
* [http://www.baroqueguitar.net/ Baroqueguitar.net]
* [http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/baroqueguitar.htm INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE BAROQUE GUITAR] by the The Lute Society, UK.
* [http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/music/guitar.htm Musical Instruments in Vermeer's Paintings: The Guitar, by Adelheid Rech]References
Bibliography
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Antoni Pizà : "Francesc Guerau i el seu temps" (Palma de Mallorca: Govern de les Illes Balears, Conselleria d'Educació i Cultura, Direcció General de Cultura, Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics, 2000) ISBN 84-89868-50-6
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