In fact, the Portuguese have it right linguistically:
Cittern=Guitarra
Guitar=Violao.
RT
http://polyhymnion.org
What about the portugese word for guitar? Violao
=
If the instrument Guitar would have been closely related (is it the
term?)
to the vihuela one would expect
wishes
Thomas
Am Mittwoch, 9. März 2005 15:10 schrieben Sie:
What about the portugese word for guitar? Violao
-Original Message-
From: Thomas Schall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:05 PM
To: VihuelaList
Subject: Re: An 1816 vihuela
If the instrument Guitar
The situation here may not be that dissimilar from what was going on for
centuries in the naming of traditional instruments of the Middle East and
Far East regions of the world. The same name can apply to very similar
instruments separated by thousands of miles, as well as being applied to
?
Monica
- Original Message -
From: Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: FW: An 1816 vihuela
I got this email from Matanya. Is this really another vihuela masquerading
as a guitar? Like the number 23 bus. You wait for years
