The instrument may have been "invented" earlier as a custom order, and many single-course variants like the arch-guitar, lyre-guitar with 7-10 or more strings apparently preceded it in the 18th century.
By 1800 it became widespread and popular, and indeed by 1808 music was widely printed. Most experts agree the single-course, 6-string guitar began to appear commonly around the 1790's as several extant instruments prove. The lute and vihuela were used like today's classical guitar, for plucked compositions, whereas during this period the guitar was more of a treble instrument and primarily strummed, although it was often plucked as well. If we ignore the single versus double string issue, note that the lute and vihuela were prominent in the 1500's: these instruments were tuned exactly like the modern guitar, except for the 3rd string being tuned down a half-step from the modern tuning, and they were tuned 3-half steps higher. The 6-single string "modern" guitar was not invented on a particular date, but rather was a product of centuries of evolution.
The Italian guitar was single-strung, with 5-7 strings.The English and Germans played a form of cittern in the late 18th century and not the guitar.The 12-string 6 double-course guitar remained popular in Spain until the 1830's and co-existed with the 6-string guitar.The 5-course guitar remained popular in France until the 1820's and co-existed with the 6-string guitar.Some players used fingernails and some did not throughout history very few players (e.g.The 18th century was not a period of musical decline.6-string guitars were around since the mid 1770's, but were not popular until the late 1790's.Single stringing was done initially by leaving half the string slots empty.The French Lyre guitar was a critical step toward the adoption of the 6-string guitar.Guitar pitch was raised to standard orchestral pitch with the adoption of treble clef notation.Treble clef notation replaced tablature in the 1760's.String lengths on Baroque and early Spanish 6-string instruments were longer than a concert Ramirez.Fan bracing with 3-7 fans was used since the 1750's in Spanish guitars it was not invented by Torres.New styles of playing in the late 18th century necessitated a strong bass and clean articulation.Wire-wound bass strings were overpowering with double courses and required single courses for balance.Wire-wound strings cut into gut frets and necessitated metal frets.String improvements allowed cheap and readily accessible wire-wound basses in the 1780's.double stringing was debated on 5 and 6 course guitars since at least the 1770's The 6-course guitar arose first in Spain in the 1750's, with double strings (same as today's 12-string guitar).It has turned conventional thinking upside-down and I have completely re-thought the guitar's place in history as a result of this book. Anyone wanting to learn more about this topic should read the book. I shall refer to the ground-breaking and excellent research by Tyler & Sparks throughout this page, which is based largely on their ideas. " Additional research of the guitar's history from the 1750's to 1800's examines how the five-course guitar gradually gave way to the six-string instrument, a fascinating process that occurred in different ways and times in France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Britain. The latter third of the book is by Paul Sparks, titled "The Origins of the Classical Guitar" which specifically details the invention and evolution of the 6-string modern guitar from 1750-1800. This background is necessary to understand how the 6-string guitar arose.
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Two-thirds of the book is an update of an earlier book, "The Early Guitar" which details the 4-course and 5-course guitar, as well as some discussion of the vihuela and lute. It is a serious academic work which provides new, primary source information and dispels many myths about the guitar. It's an expensive book, but it contains vast research and is packed with detailed information. The best information I found regarding the evolution of the modern guitar is the 2002 (or later) revision of " The Guitar And Its Music - From the Renaissance to the Classical Era by James Tyler and Paul Sparks" available from Los Angeles Classical Guitars and other places. Evolution of the 19th Century Guitar Evolution of the 19th Century Guitar When was the modern 6-string guitar invented?
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