vihuela
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of vihuela
from Spanish
Example Sentences
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Resembling a smaller version of the guitarrón, the vihuela allows the mariachi’s string section to achieve a higher range.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
With varying degrees of proficiency, she had also taught herself to play the ukulele, vihuela, guitar, piano and drums.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
Yet while mariachi is a popular genre at its core, musicians and parishioners alike say its emotional interplay between trumpet, violin, guitar, vihuela and guitarrón is a natural complement to the holy rites of Mass.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2021
Besides guitar and accordion, they also have mastered the violin, guitarrón and vihuela.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2020
Spanish scholars10 who have inquired into this question of identity state that the guitarra latina was afterwards known as the vihuela da mano, a statement fully supported by 704 other evidence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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