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Spanish guitar

Spanish guitar

noun

  1. the classic form of the guitar; a six-stringed instrument with a waisted body and a central sound hole
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Spanish guitar1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

This sonic fusion is most apparent in the album’s titular track, which opens with an isolated electric guitar melody reminiscent of early Radiohead before a Spanish guitar enters the mix.

An upbeat club banger with flecks of Spanish guitar, the song tells that story almost word for word.

From BBC

While many blues guitarists play slide on a standard Spanish guitar, Mr. Roulette created an impressive array of sounds with a Hawaiian steel guitar played on his lap.

Eydie Gormé and Trio Los Panchos, “Melchor, Gaspar y Baltazar” Buttressed by flourishes of Sephardic Spanish guitar, the ultimate practitioners of bolero cool lay down this sweet paean to the Three Wise Men, whose feast day is the traditional day that kids across Latin America got their gifts.

He said he was encouraged to explore various musical styles after an youthful conversation with Spanish guitar master Andrés Segovia, who told him to “listen to all kinds of music and try to search my soul for how it makes me feel.”

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