Guitar-like Instruments With Ten Strings
Close relatives of the guitar with ten strings include:
- The vihuela de mano, an ancestor of the guitar, which had several variations including a five-course version.
- The Puerto Rican bordonua, a bass instrument most commonly having ten strings in five courses, although eight and twelve string versions also exist.
- The Puerto Rican Cuatro, of which there are three main types - four string, four-course and five-course.
- The North Mexican bajo quinto, which is a five-course baritone instrument used in tejano and norteño music.
- The five-course charango, a South American folk instrument which appears from the front to be a small guitar, and its larger relative the charangon. The charango's body was traditionally made from an armadillo shell and is these days often a wooden bowl. Both instruments are from the lute family, rather than the guitar family.
- The electric Chapman Stick, which may have eight, ten or twelve strings.
- The name cittern is given to a wide range of plucked instruments, including some modern guitar derivatives with ten strings.
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