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Online Guitar Lessons: A brief history of the guitar

As early as the seventh century BC, the people, the ancestors of the modern guitar played. Apparently, even the King of Thebes was an enthusiast of the plucked string instrument. A sculpture in his grave gives us a three dimensional view of this instrument, which a large Similarity with the current bear guitar, with similar or bent. In another case, a relief found in Cappadocia, dated about 1000 BC, portrays a fretted Egyptian instrument. Archaeologists have discovered evidence of ancient plucked instruments in Persia (now Iran) and Saudi Arabia.

Plucked retained their Popularity during the Middle Ages. People played two basic types during the medieval era: the Latin guitar and the Moorish guitar. A thirteenth century manuscript, the "Cantigas de Santa Maria," was probably written by his Spanish Alfonso the Wise, characteristics of these instruments in the detailed, intricate miniatures. Man can see from these figures that the Latin guitar, an eight-form is closer to the shape of the guitars, which developed in Spain and Italy.

The prototype the modern guitar, vihuela, the, was the preferred instrument for serious musicians in the early sixteenth century Spain. Music for the vihuela in fact, on modern Guitars are played with little change, as it has six pairs of strings, similar to the modern twelve string guitar. Pairs of strings helped the instrument to Producing a more energetic sound. A large repertoire of music was written for the vihuela, a special kind of notation as a "tab". Played with the Fingers, was the vihuela, Renaissance lute similar to that adopted elsewhere in Europe that tuned "the queen of instruments".

A smaller Guitar-like instrument developed during this period. The four-and five-string instrument later helped to develop the style called flamenco strumming rasgueado. Its strings, called courses, as well as the smaller size made it an easier instrument to use for chords and accompany dances.

It was the Vihuela, however, that lost, for the sixteenth century was over. The smaller, survived the more proletarian instrument – in his five-string version. This instrument was The "Spanish guitar" called it possibly the exception of the four-course instrument. These instruments were also very popular in Italy. In fact, an Italian Player, Francesco Corbetta (1615 – 1681), published several works in a style that finger the instrument field of application took more than playing chords as accompaniment. His game was very popular. Finally, it was the fashionable music in French and English courtier during the seventeenth century. Corbetta popularity brought the countries of the guitar.

Robert de Vise (c. 1660-c. 1720), a talented Frenchman played frequently for King Louis XIV, devotes his entire collection composed of pieces during the year 1682 to the French monarch. In the same period, the Spanish players and teachers, Gaspar Sanz, on the guitar's popularity publish a guide book in 1674 enabled. The book, a remarkable achievement in the education of his time contained understand detailed technical instructions, in addition to a collection of pieces that still played.

As with any art form, waxed guitar music popularity waned, and many times during its history. The eighteenth century was a period of general decline, although at the end of some technical innovations helped to turn the instrument in a more modern guitars. Double strings fell out of favor, replaced by single ones, and a sixth string was added to the five existing ones. Luthier began with sheep gut Crafts In the first three strings, while the bass strings made with silver-plated copper wire around a core of silk thread wound was created.

Towards the end of the seventeenth century, the guitar came back into favor. After six strings longer required advanced technology. Virtuoso players inspired the audience with their dazzling performances and complex compositions. The guitar popularity caused a high demand for instruction books for the new six-string guitar written. Cities in the resurgence of guitar music led, Vienna and Paris and attracts topnotch players like Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829), originally from Italy and the Spanish virtuoso Fernando Sor (1778-1839). These men led the way for the importance of solo repertoire for the guitar with its extensive list of works. Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) introduced a method that guitar is still used today. Another milestone in the history in the same period, "Twenty-Five Melodious Studies by Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853) composed, inspired still serious guitar students to this day.

By the mid-nineteenth century guitar music fell out of popularity once again. This time, the decline so great that the guitar was rarely played, let alone to hear, in concert. Fortunately, Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909), with his distinctive, romantic Sound awakened the public interest again. His reputation spread by word-of-mouth, thanks to his creative compositions and his trademark sound. The sound that his compositions gave her charm, was achieved from his extensive knowledge of the fretboard, with the higher positions on the beauty that never produced before. came before Tarrega, the public preferred pieces that remained in the first five frets. Failure to follow these restrictions, Tarrega stunned his fans with his works, the full range of the guitar used. His school performance and composition survives today, a testament to his innovation.

The spirit of tradition exercised Tarrega during the twentieth century, thanks to the work of Andrés Segovia (1893-1987). Although not Tarrega student, the idea of Segovia took virtuosity as a performer to the next level, introducing people around the world to the guitar music than to the modest Tarrega, the intimacy of the young audience preferred it. Segovia Music lovers showed that the guitar, in fact, worthy of serious studies, his collaboration with composers is inspiration for a lion's share of the guitarist from the repertoire today.

These days the guitar is in its place of respect in the academic world to hold. Many music schools and universities offer courses in Guitar performance and pedagogy outrageous, even fifty years ago.

Folk music for the guitar and progress at about the same speed as the "classic" Guitar music. Since ancient times, guitars and dancing had accompanied their prototypes. In addition, the instruments used singer quite extensive in order to accompany the singing. An outgrowth of this long history in folk music, the development of the Spanish much music called flamenco, their biggest growth spurt in the nineteenth century had. Andalusian Gypsy (Gitano) mixed with traditional folk music from the region to produce this lively music. Flamenco guitarist, full of fighting spirit to come work hard to play with original materials and technical firepower of the new music. Interestingly, flamenco player, usually playing "by ear", without music written. Therefore, development of flamenco grew by imitation, the exchange of ideas and experimentation.

Ramón Montoya (1880-1949), a legend among the flamenco enthusiasts to develop a large number of the ornaments called falsetas, used to switch between the verses of songs and dance accompaniments give artistic flair. In the beginning was Flamenco primarily a genre whose main purpose was to accompany songs and dances. Not until modern times were played pieces such as flamenco guitar solos. These days give However, solo flamenco guitar concerts, improvisations, delight their fans with their dazzling skills on the guitar.

Popular music, also shows the immense Popularity of the guitar. It remains to be said about its popularity, although the synthesized alternatives available today. Although the sound through the electronics, often for the artistic effect is amplified distorted, the human touch in the grade of the guitarist's fingers caress the strings evident. No keyboard, this kind of intimacy adapt to his audience.

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