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 | | Early in the sixteenth century, the development of the vihuela in Spain &; the instrument that preceded the baroque guitar and the classical guitar &; challenged the keyboard music that was popular in Europe at the time. | | | The vihuela may have vanished, but its art was recreated in the guitar which was built later, with a single first string, the second and third strings tuned in unison and the double fourth and fifth strings tuned to the octave. | | | Towards the end of the sixteenth century, the saraband, chaconne and canary dancers in the main courtesan drawing-rooms were accompanied to the tune of vihuelas and guitars. |
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http://www.javierechecopar.com/Guitar.html
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| | The Royal College Dias: guitar or vihuela? |
| | The setting-up parameters of a modern reproduction of the vihuela virtually replicate those of the lute and with the most demanding vihuela repertoire still waiting to be played, explored, not to mention recorded (the music of Fuenllana for instance), we still remain outside understanding how the early makers approached the set-up of their vihuelas. | | | The documental sources published in the dictionary “The Vihuela de Mano and the Spanish Guitar&; by Jose Romanillos and Marian Harris Winspear as well as examples of the vihuela music from the early 17th century which were analysed in details in John Griffiths’ report at the 1998 symposium in Paris witness this 38. | | | Naming it as a guitar by mere relation to the fact that the date of its manufacture coincides with the rise of the strumming style of playing the guitar c.1580 and simply ignoring the presence of the centrally-positioned peg hole is far from being satisfactory. |
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http://www.vihuelademano.com/rcmdias.htm
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| | Gyre Music - New & Ancient Music - Fine Recordings & Music Editions |
| | I have listened to the CD "Delphín" numerous of times and I have to say it is astonishing, both technically and musically. | | | Your solo vihuela CD confirms the feeling i had when i first heard you (ages ago, come to think of it), that you probably are the most sensitive vihuelist i know, maybe because you can also sing that stuff, i don't know, while technically you sound second to none. | | | If you are an aficionado of the vihuela, this is a must-have recording. |
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http://www.gyremusic.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=30
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| | Guitar History: Part One |
| | The earliest actual guitars were considered low-class by lute and vihuela players, but eventually the popularity of the guitar overcame that of the lute and vihuela. | | | The first guitar music was found in books from the seventeenth century full of music that was written mostly for the vihuela. | | | Another popular ancestor of the guitar is the vihuela. |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/guitar_101/60077
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| | This is all the music that has survived for the vihuela. | | | In total, around 800 pieces, comprising songs for voice and vihuela, music for solo vihuela, two vihuelas and renaissance guitar. | | | There are also three manuscripts containing music for the vihuela. |
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http://perso.wanadoo.es/jcayala2/page5.htm
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| | vihuela de mano by luthier Alexander Batov |
| | Is the Belchior Dias 1581 instrument a guitar or vihuela...? | | | 489 and 492 of “The Vihuela de Mano and the Spanish Guitar&; by J.L.Romanillos and M.H.Winspear, The Sanguino Press, Guijosa, 2002. | | | It concludes that the sides and ribs of the instrument are made of jujube (ziziphus genus Rhamnaceae). |
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http://vihuelademano.com
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| | The Cipher for Viola da Gamba (and 6 course Lute) @TheCipher.com |
| | The vihuelas and guitars of the early and middle 1400s had four or even five courses of strings and were tuned primarily in either all 4ths, or as 4th 3rd 4th (aka baby lute tuning). | | | These would appear to be newly designed hopeful substitutes or replacements for the 5, and 6 course bowl-backed lutes, the same lutes that had already spread all around Europe and the British Isles, and the same lutes for which a large body of music and song had already been composed. | | | So guitars, vihuelas, and violas, are essentially one-and the-same-thing. |
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http://www.thecipher.com/viola_da_gamba_cipher-2.html
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| | V2n2: Recording Reviews |
| | He covers the wide range of vihuela music popular at the Spanish courts, from popular music to intabulations of religious music by Josquin and Morales. | | | Rivera plays fantasias with fine understanding of counterpoint and musical direction, and in vihuela transcriptions of popular songs he projects a convincing, jaunty spirit. | | | His work compares most favorably with that of Hopkinson Smith, who has recorded two discs of Mudarra's music (Astrée 8740 and Astrée 8533), the latter with soprano Montserrat Figueras. |
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http://www.dartmouth.edu/~hispanic/v2n2rec.html
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| | Duo Chambure: Spanish renaissance vihuela duets |
| | The extant repertoire of the vihuela represents some of the richest and most beautiful music from the renaissance era. | | | Edward Martin is also featured as on a number of other recordings. | | | He has other recordings on the Magnatune label. |
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http://www.magnatune.com/artists/duo_chambure
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| | Lutes & Guitars Vihuela, viola da mano |
| | The original Chambure vihuela seems to us to be unquestionably a 'player's instrument', made as it is from simple materials without decoration; it is a very inspiring instrument to work from, as inspiring for us as, say the 'Messiah' Stradivari violin has been for generations of violin makers. | | | Another vihuela and baroque guitar specialist – Paul Shipper – also playing in the concert series at Regensburg, succinctly commented that for a maker to describe an instrument as having an 'introverted' sound was a tacit admission that it has, in fact, no sound. | | | Two vihuelas, the flat-backed instrument laying face-up is a version of No.1 (below) and the vaulted-back instrument laying face-down with deeply-fluted back ribs is a version of No.5. |
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http://www.lutesandguitars.co.uk/htm/cat12.htm
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| | Classical Guitar Illustrated History |
| | Sixteenth century guitars are described as vihuela from the time of Luis Milan, Rizzio guitar from France, chitarra battente from Italia. | | | The sixteenth century was golden age of Spanish vihuela music. | | | To solve these problems, the four-string guitar was enlarged and given six double strings, turned in the same manner as the present six-string guitar with the exception of the third string, turned a half tone lower. |
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http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/history/guitar_history.html
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| | Alonso Mudarra; vihuela tablature. |
| | The same intervals can be gotten on the guitar by tuning string 3 down a half-step to f#. | | | Presented here are all the solo pieces for vihuela and for 4-string guitar from Mudarra's Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras. | | | (The first example is typical in the vihuela pieces, the second in the guitar pieces.) |
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http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7049/amtab.htm
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| | Jacob Heringman, lutenist - Reviews |
| | Published in Valencia, Milán’s Libro de musica de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro ('Book of music for the vihuela de mano entitled The Teacher’) consists of a graded sequence of fantasias and two groups of songs, each piece being preceded by helpful instructions for the performer. | | | It is the earliest known musical source with tempo indications, and even prescribes variations in tempo within certain pieces. | | | El Maestro (1536): songs and vihuela solos by Luis Milán |
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http://www.heringman.com/milan.htm
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| | HOASM: Luis [Luys] de Milán |
| | In songs he uses a variation technique so that the music is embellished on its repeat; in fantasias he writes pseudo-polyphony, in his tientos there are more running passages; he requires the music always to be played with flexibility of tempo, alternating fast and slow movement. | | | Many of the songs are given in two versions, one simple and to be ornamented using vocal techniques described but not notated, the other more complex, especially in the vihuela part, and to be performed without additional musical elaboration. | | | They include a depiction of courtly life at Valencia, El cortesano (1561), and, most important, the tutor Libro de musica de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro (1536), the first of a series of Spanish vihuela books; it contains Spanish, Italian and Portuguese songs and fantasias, tientos and pavanes. |
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http://www.hoasm.org/IVL/Milan.html
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| | Handbook of Texas Online: MARIACHI MUSIC |
| | Today large mariachis with the traditional instrumentation of trumpets, violins, guitar, vihuela and guitarrón are easy to locate in all Texas cities, while smaller groups are ubiquitous entertainment in Mexican restaurants throughout the state. | | | By the 1930s trumpets were widely accepted as part of the modern mariachi ensemble, which thus acquired the ability to perform a wide variety of musical in addition to the regional sones of Jalisco. | | | These groups, primarily folk string ensembles, often consisted of a harp, two violins, and a vihuela (a small five-string guitar with a rounded back). |
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http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/MM/xbm2.html
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| | ::Lucida Guitars: Vihuela:: |
| | This finely crafted instrument, traditionally used as a rhythm guitar for classical and mariachi music, has a signature rounded back, a nato neck and top, and a rosewood nut and fingerboard. | | | The beauty and tradition of Mexican guitars comes alive with the Lucida Vihuela. | | | The vaulted back with light colored back strip provides the look, as well as the tone projection, necessary for the truth mariachi sound. |
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http://www.lucidaguitars.com/Vihuela.690.0.html
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| | Hoarded Ordinaries: March 21, 2004 - March 27, 2004 Archives |
| | Vihuelas, if you don't follow early music, are Spanish Renaissance double-strung guitars. | | | Unlike lutes, vihuelas are flat-backed, which makes them perfect for self-accompanying singers: now Chris has real incentive to learn Spanish so he can perform a whole new repertoire of Spanish Renaissance songs. | | | They are, as you can see, small and ornately decorated. |
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http://www.hoardedordinaries.com/archives/week_2004_03_21.html
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| | minstrel: guitar history??? |
| | Early on, there was a plucked guitar and a strummed guitar (guitarra morisca 'moorish guitar' and guitarra Latina 'Latin guitar', both depicted in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th c.; guitarra from Latin/Greek 'lyre'), but the plucked guitar eventually died out as it wasn't much different from the lute. | | | Then all Hell broke loose, as the guitar was tuned up a tone and both single (chanterelle) and double courses were tacked on, and as the guitar body grew to accommodate the extra strings it became difficult to tell the guitar from the vihuela. | | | In the second rank of photos, the one on the right is "Orpheus playing the six-course vihuela" from the frontispiece of Luys Milan's "El Maestro", (a vihuela music book) published in Valencia in 1535. |
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http://www.pbm.com/pipermail/minstrel/2003/005738.html
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| | Newsletter: LiveOak |
| | Delphín (Gyre CD 10042) is Wallace's second recording of 16th century music for solo vihuela de mano. | | | CD: Delphín, music for vihuela de mano, volume II (click on title for sound samples and complete program) | | | Not only does Frank Wallace play guitar or lute on this recording of original works, he also sings. |
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http://www.duoliveoak.com/newsletter.htm
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| | Airs of Wales renaissance magazine |
| | Not only that, but the vihuela is a demanding instrument to play (which is one reason why it was replaced by the guitar) and its music is challenging to interpret. | | | Recorded over two summers in a New Hampshire church, Wallace's self-produced CD Delphín is a compelling contribution to the vihuela revival as well as a skillful compilation of 16th-century instrumental solos, each played with feeling and respect for the music's technical shadings. | | | Unlike the lilting and melodic lute music of France and England, vihuela compositions are generally perceived as courtly, mannered, and formal. |
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http://www.renaissancemagazine.com/music/delphin.html
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| | Vihuela / Lonestar w/Case |
| | Recent recordings have made more clever use of the Vihuela's capabilities. | | | The Vihuela gives the Mariachi ensemble its unique sound. | | | Brand New Guitar With Lonestar Limited Warranty Only Color Available Is Natural, As Shown Above Softcase Included decoratively bound body geared machine heads solid top a decorative Soundhole rosette Tacote Top Back and Sides: Cedar Fingerboard: Granadillo. |
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http://www.guitarplaza.com/loviw.html
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| | NALU Music Books about the Ukulele |
| | According to John Ward ‘The word vihuela is from a large family -- fidula, fiddle, vielle, viula, viol, violin, etc. -- of uncertain derivation. | | | The vihuela was a large, guitar-like instrument, with a flat back, and incurved sides. | | | Fuenllana describes the instrument thus: ‘vihuela para quatro ordenes, que dizen guitarra.’ (Vihuela with four courses, called the guitar). |
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http://www.nalu-music.com/nalu/makers.html
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| | Dreams |
| | From 1536 to 1576, seven vihuelistas (vihuela composers), produced some of the finest solo instrumental music ever written. | | | Dreams of a Lost Era opens a window on a the vihuela's half-century of musical creativity and does so with style and grace. | | | Nowhere is the vihuela better used than in the hands of Walter Abt, a virtuoso guitarist from Munich who, like many modern lute players, came to 16th century music from rock and jazz. |
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http://www.renaissancemagazine.com/music/dreams.html
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| | Diabolus in Musica Guide to Early Instruments - The Guitar |
| | The Spanish classical guitar was possibly a successful amalgam of the guitar and the vihuela, via various intermediate forms and a few oddities that never worked. | | | So you can call a vihuela a guitar-shaped lute, or a lute-tuned guitar. | | | This was guitar-shaped, and may have been modelled on the guitar, but it was tuned and played like the six-course lute that the rest of Europe was using. |
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http://www.diabolus.org/guide/guitar.htm
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| | Vihuela de Mano |
| | I made it 650 mm like a guitar since that was my only point of reference. | | | Now that I'm involved with the right folks (L.I.N.T.) I hope to build a classical and a flamenco guitar while I'm still above ground. | | | This instrument is called a Vihuela de Mano..... |
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http://www.lint.org/TechNotes/ChrisBarker/Barker.html
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| | NPR: Performance Today -- Live in Studio 4A |
| | With his recitals and series of over 20 solo recordings, he continues to rediscover and bring to life works that are among the most expressive and intimate in the entire domain of early music. | | | Our showcase for artists invited to perform on the program and talk about their music | | | The vihuela is related to the Baroque guitar, and Milan wrote specifically for the instrument. |
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http://www.npr.org/programs/pt/4a/smith.html
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| | Luis Milan Pavane Free Score, Tab |
| | He performed on and composed for the vihuela, an ancestor of the guitar. | | | In his quest to compile an anthology of the best pieces by vihuela composers, David Grimes encountered the rich complexity of the music of Luys Milan. | | | This second volume of Luis Milan's "Libro de musica de vihuela de mano" entitled "El Maestro (Valencia, 11536)" was originally a tablature collection containing both solo pieces written for the vihuela (a guitar-shaped instrument with six pairs of strings) as well as Italian, Spanish and Portuguese songs with vihuela accompaniment. |
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http://sologuitarist.net/milan.htm
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| | The Vihuela |
| | The vihuela was a gut-strung Spanish instrument, similar to the guitar in shape but tuned like a six-course lute. | | | Milan was the only vihuelist to use an inverted form of Italian tablature (similar to modern guitar tablature); the other composers use Italian tablature. |
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http://www.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/vihuela.html
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| | vihuela-de_golpe_chords |
| | Basic 5 course Vihuela Chords — also for Baroque Guitar and Guitarra de Golpe (Marriachi guitar). | | | Number formula translation tables: intervals, scales, and chords) | | | These cords are identicle to open position 6 string guitar chords without the lowest pitched string. |
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http://www.thecipher.com/vihuela-de_golpe_chords.html
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| | Castle Classics Milan, Luis de (C.1500-1561 or later) |
| | Including MILAN: Music for Vihuela; NARVAEZ: Music for Vihuela | | | "How do Naxos do it? Sixty minutes of premium grade vihuela music by one of the best players in the business is something for which you could reasonably expect to fork out the full tariff... As always, Christopher Wilson's immaculate technique and impeccable style" - Classical Guitar | | | L de Milan: Music for Vihuela - Christopher Wilson, lute |
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http://shop.castleclassics.co.uk/acatalog/Milan.html
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| | Spanish vihuela |
| | The form that seems to have been most popular, or at least the form that suits the surviving music, is the vihuela intended to be played with the fingers. | | | In the 16th century the Spanish musicians developed a unique form of instrument for playing polyphonic music. | | | The Larson Vihuela is available in two forms; a falt backed model I refer to as the "classic" model, and the "vaulted back" model. |
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http://www.daniellarson.com/lutes/vihuela.htm
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| | Teaming up with Memo Caro, our vihuela player, they harmonize such classics as La Yaquesita, La Mucerra, El Cafe Tal, Maria Isabella, La Macarena, El Mudo, and the very popular Mariachi Loco. | | | Memo's talent also exceeds the vihuela and voice. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/music/mariachi/Members.html
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| | Fine Central Coast wines from Vihuela Winery |
| | A Vihuela can be roughly translated as a Spanish Guitar. | | | After several years of saving and searching for just the right place Matt located a property on El Pomar in Templeton. | | | Ground broke in 2002 and Vihuela's first crush in 2003 produced just over 1000 cases. |
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http://www.vihuelawinery.com
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| | Narvaez: Vihuela music |
| | These three recordings (including the present one reissued as a set): | | | 16th Century Spanish Vihuela Music Printed in Seville | | | Recordings of music by the other two major vihuela composers, Luys Milan (c.1500-c.1561) and Alonso Mudarra (c.1506-1580): |
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http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/cds/ast8706.htm
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| | Sheet Music Plus - Search Results |
| | For all instruments including guitar, violin and fiddle. | | | 9 Fantasien fur Vihuela aus El Parnasso 1576 By Daca. | | | Libro de Musica de Vihuela (1552) By Pisador. |
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http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/a/search.html?id=79205&select=Instrument&more=vihuela
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| | Kithara/Guitar |
| | The modern guitar is still the companion of verse-makers of popular songs, as it was in the Renaissance, when first the word “guitar” was used to refer to the guitarra latina and the guitarra española, also called vihuela, played by such masters as Gaspar Sanz and Luys Milan. | | | This popular instrument was easier to play than the lute, and for this reason the guitar developed a negative reputation among ”serious” musicians that even prevails a bit today. | | | Along with this evolution is that of the lute, from the Arabic word al-’ud, ”the wood.” This instrument accompanied the medeval troubadors, but later lost its popularity to the guitar. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/sk/syukhtun/kithara.html
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