Baroque guitar

Baroque guitar
	Baroque guitar built by Matteo Sellas,; c. 1630–50
String instrument
Classification	String instrument (plucked)
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	321.322; (Composite chordophone)
Developed	17th century
Attack	Fast
Related instruments
	List Acoustic guitar; Classical guitar; Chitarra battente; Gittern; Lute; Parlor guitar; Romantic guitar; ;
Musicians
	List David Ryckaert III; Lex Eisenhardt; Eduardo Egüez; Ugo Nastrucci; Andrea Damiani; Massimo Lonardi; James Tyler; Patrick O'Brien; ;

The Baroque guitar (c. 1600–1750) is a string instrument with five courses of gut strings and moveable gut frets. The first (highest pitched) course sometimes used only a single string.

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