| The five-course guitar supplanted the aristocratic vihuela in the 17th century and came to be regarded as the typical Spanish instrument. |
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| The guitar grew in popularity during the 17th century as the lute and vihuela declined. |
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| Hernando includes recommendations for players of the vihuela and of wind and stringed instruments. |
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| Original from 16th century, the vihuela was, in its final form, a guitar with six double strings made of gut. |
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| As the 16-member ensemble launches into a particularly romantic song, local high school mariachi teacher John Contreras rocks rhythmically nearby, a small vihuela at his side. |
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| The 16th-century guitar was tuned c f a d′, the tuning of the centre four courses of the lute and of the vihuela. |
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| It was closely related to the vihuela, the guitar-shaped instrument played in Spain in place of the lute. |
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| The large type of vihuela was some four inches longer than the modern guitar. |
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| Their album Namu is due for release in October 2010 on the Belgian label Jardins de la vihuela. |
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| The first form of the vihuela was represented by an instrument with sometimes many soundholes or decorations. |
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| His instrument is the cuatro, a boricua guitar with 10 strings, descendant of the Spanish vihuela. |
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| Originally, the vihuela was associated to a small four and five-string guitarra. |
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| The last known vihuela is dated 1700 and represents the instrument's final stages of development. |
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| Music for the vihuela was written in tablature: in this system, each line of the staff represents a string of the instrument. |
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| As a result he started to deepen his knowledge of the historical backgrounds and techniques of the predecessors of the modern guitar, such as the renaissance vihuela, the baroque guitar and the 19th century guitar. |
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| Four centuries earlier, in his six meditations on the medieval hymn O Gloriosa Domina, the master of the vihuela Luis de Narvaez reveals the full subtlety of his polyphonic art. |
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| One nuba began with the pensive self-absorption of the vihuela, a guitar-shaped instrument from 15th century Spain. |
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| Finally, the vihuela, considered by many to be the mother of the guitar, came around in the 15th century. |
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| First, however, we're treated to the full Mariachi El Bronx experience, complete with vihuela and guitarron. |
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| In northern Europe, songs intended to accompany dance could also be played on the fiddle, and in Spain the vihuela de arco filled a similar function. |
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| A mariachi band often consists of two violins, two trumpets, a guitar player, a vihuela and a guitarró, though regional variations also exist, each with their own dance styles. |
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| This was the instrument that came to be known simply as vihuela. |
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| Yet the music is equally faithful, with tracks like Cell Mates and My Brother The Gun all using a blend of trumpet, violin, guitarron and vihuela. |
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| Catherine is accompanied by early music expert David Miller who plays the vihuela and Led Zeppelin's favourite oud virtuoso the Lebanese Abdul Salam Kheir. |
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