History Of Guitar Inventor

history of guitar inventor

Guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is played by plucked, usually using fingers.

Guitar is formed on a main body portion with a solid neck as the strings are usually numbered six.


Guitar History (From Wikip)
The word 'guitar' or guitar in English, was originally taken from the name of an ancient stringed instruments in Persia in about 1500 BC, known as citar or sehtar. This instrument is then developed into a variety of old-fashioned guitar models known as general tanbur. In the year 300 BC the Persian tanbur developed by the Greeks and six centuries later by the Romans (Bellow, 1970:54-55). In this instrument 476M brought by the Romans to Spain and transformed into: (1) guitarra Frigiliana melody that serves as a carrier, and (2) Guitarra Latina to play a chord. Three centuries later the Arabs brought a kind of stringed guitar as al ud to Spain (Summerfield, 1982:12). Under construction ud al Arab and the two models of guitars from the Roman, the Spanish and then make his own musical instrument called the vihuela. As a result, vihuela became popular in Spain while his predecessor musical instruments gradually abandoned. Nevertheless, al ud brought to the Western European countries and rivaling the popularity of the vihuela in Spain. In Europe al ud welcomed and evolved into various models of European lute until approximately the end of the 17th century. While the vihuela evolving into a wide range of guitars for centuries until it became a classical guitar used at this time.
The authenticity of the guitar can not be seen from antiquity. Some experts feel this tool comes from the African continent, where many modern replicas in a round shape like a box of shells with Gut / silk yarn, in many areas of the continent. Other experts find this tool in the form of glass in an old stone relief relief at the time of Ancient Central Asia and Asia. Materials other thoughts also arise with the discovery of ancient Greek vases patterned vase. Greek Strings is the first tool that may be categorized as a guitar. Modern guitars likely stems from the Spanish guitar, but different types of guitars as instruments instruments we can see the portraits and paintings in Medieval times there is lots Renaiassance throughout Europe



Here is the place where the historic discovery of the guitar from Medieval times until the 20th century, based on the history and development.
1265 Juan Gil of Zamora declared the guitar starts early history of "Ars Musica".
1283 -1350 Guitar Guitarra Latina and Moresca contained in the poem "Archpriest of Hita".
1306 A guitar player playing at a religious place (The Feast of Westminister) in the UK.
1487 Johannes Tinctoris found the instrument invented by the Catalans.
1546 Alonso Mudarra create a composite "Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras The vihuela" that involves a guitar in it.
1551 - 1555 Nine tablatur guitar books published by Adrian Le Roy.
1600 - 1650 Various types tablatur for guitar published. Its popularity began to rival the lute (a type of guitar as well).
1674 book "guitarre Royal" which was published by F. Corbetta which raise the popularity of the guitar. This book is dedicated to King Louis XIV.
1770 - 1800 to 6 strings on the guitar and it all added to Single String.
1800 - 1850 experienced their most popular guitar in terms of appearance and publications. Fernando Sor, Mauro Guiliani, Matteo Carcassi and Dioniso Aguado was the famous composer who writes, teaches and publishes their composition.
1850 - 1892 A Manual Torres guitar manufacturers to develop a generation that we know today.
1916 Segovia concert in Ateneo, which is the most famous concert hall in Madrid at the time. Formerly known instrument can not be displayed at this big event.