![]() ![]() In the 15th century, Spain introduced the vihuela, a flat-backed, peanut-shaped design with a less pronounced neck bend and pairs of strings tuned in unison. Though the lute was used through the Baroque era, the inspiration for the name 'guitar' showed up back in 13th century Western Europe with the 'gittern.' Similar in design to the lute, its body was carved out of a single piece of wood and had a smooth or straight neck joint. Fingers on the 'neck' hand change the pitch of a string by pressing it firmly against specific spots along the neck top (fingerboard). The sound produced was created by the air being moved around the string vibrations, the vibrations coming off the soundboard, and the air resonating back out from the body chamber through a soundhole. The lute had a teardrop-shaped soundboard, bowl-shaped body and a sharp bend in the neck.Ī lutist, much like today's guitarist, strummed or plucked the strings with their fingers or a plectrum (what we call a pick). The tension of each string was adjusted to create a pattern of frequencies familiar to those who played it. The strings were stretched in a parallel fashion across a soundhole, and wound taut to a peg or post (tuners) atop the neck. ![]() A lute was a hollow-bodied wood instrument with multiple strings attached to a soundboard via a thin piece of wood (the bridge). A Brief History of the Acoustic Guitar You may be surprised to know the acoustic guitar's roots go back to Ancient Egyptian. ![]()
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