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Chiterra sarda

Chiterra sarda

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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]

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Tuning

It is usually tuned a fourth lower than a standard guitar: B (Si) E (Mi) A (La) D (Re) F# (Fa#) B (Si).[3]

Standard tuning of the chiterra sarda

Notable players

References

  1. [1]
    Atlas of Plucked Instruments: Southern Europe. https://www.atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/europe3.htm. Accessed November 15th, 2020
  2. [2]
    Fingerpicking.net. https://www.fingerpicking.net/le-chitarre-della-tradizione-popolare-italiana/. Accessed November 15th, 2020
  3. [3]
    Bernard Lortat-Jacob, Improvisation et modèle: le chant a guitare sarde , in «L'Homme», XXIV, 1, 1984


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