Guitarra latina explained

The guitarra latina is a plucked string instrument of the Medieval period in Europe.^[1] It has single string courses, and it is normally played with a pick. This gittern or citole with curved sides is illustrated in the medieval musical text the Cantigas de Santa Maria, alongside another gittern, the guitarra morisca.

References

• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Publishers, 1980. .

Notes and References

1. Salazar . Adolfo . 1953 . La guitarra, heredera de la kithara clásica . Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica . 7 . 1/2 . 118–126 . 0185-0121.