![]() A chiterra sarda | |
String instrument | |
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Other names | Chitarra sarda, chitarrone, chitarra gigante |
Classification | String instrument |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.322 (Composite chordophone) |
Related instruments | |
Baritone guitar, Dreadnought guitar | |
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Music of Sardinia |
The chiterra sarda (Sardinian for "Sardinian guitar") or chitarra sarda in Italian, is a large-bodied baritone guitar from Sardinia used primarily to accompany singers in the cantu a chiterra genre. The body is larger than a dreadnought guitar with a scale length of about 680mm.[1] In Italian, it also goes by the names chitarrone and chitarra gigante, both referring to its large size.[2]
It is usually tuned a fourth lower than a standard guitar: B (Si) E (Mi) A (La) D (Re) F# (Fa#) B (Si).[3]
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By type (six string) | |
Additional strings | |
Ancillary | |
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