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guitarlike
Resembling a guitar

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  • Latin American music — Introduction       musical traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America and the Caribbean colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese. These traditions reflect the distinctive mixtures of Native American, African, and… …   Universalium

  • cuatro — cuat·ro (kwäʹtrō) n. pl. cuat·ros A small guitarlike instrument of Latin America, usually having four or five pairs of strings.   [Spanish, from Latin quattuor, four. See quatrain.] * * * …   Universalium

  • bandurria — /ban door yeuh/, n. a Spanish musical instrument of the guitar family with six pairs of double strings. [1835 45; < Sp; see BANDORE] * * * ▪ musical instrument also called  mandurria        stringed musical instrument of the lute family, with a… …   Universalium

  • Panama — Panamanian /pan euh may nee euhn, mah /, adj., n. Panamic /pa nam ik/, adj. /pan euh mah , maw /, n. 1. a republic in S Central America. 2,693,417; 28,575 sq. mi. (74,010 sq. km). 2. Also called Panama City. a city in and the capital of Panama,… …   Universalium

  • samisen — /sam euh sen /, n. a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum. [1610 20; < Japn < MChin, equiv. to Chin sanxia three string banjo] * * * ▪ Japanese musical instrument also… …   Universalium

  • ukulele — /yooh keuh lay lee/; Hawaiian. /ooh koo lay lay/, n. a small, guitarlike musical instrument associated chiefly with Hawaiian music. Also, ukelele. [1895 1900, Amer.; < Hawaiian ukulele leaping flea ( uku flea + lele to jump, leap), a nickname… …   Universalium

  • Latin American dance — Introduction  dance traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America and the Caribbean colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese. These traditions reflect the distinctive mixtures of indigenous (Amerindian), African, and …   Universalium

  • Zumpe, Johann Christoph — ▪ German piano maker born 1735, Saxony? died 1800, Germany       German pianoforte (piano) maker and builder of the earliest known British piano (1766).       Zumpe was an apprentice of the renowned German instrument builder Gottfried Silbermann …   Universalium

  • balalaika — bal•a•lai•ka [[t]ˌbæl əˈlaɪ kə[/t]] n. pl. kas mad a Russian stringed instrument with a triangular body and a guitarlike neck • Etymology: 1780–90; < Russ …   From formal English to slang

  • bandore — ban•dore [[t]bænˈdɔr, ˈdoʊr, ˈbæn dɔr, doʊr[/t]] also ban•do•ra [[t]bænˈdɔr ə, ˈdoʊr ə[/t]] n. pl. dores also do•ras mad an obsolete guitarlike musical instrument • Etymology: 1560–70; < Sp bandurria < L pandūra < Gk pandoûra …   From formal English to slang

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