chitarra battente

Italian

Noun

chitarra battente f (plural chitarre battenti)

  1. a large guitar-like stringed instrument with metal frets, a curved back and four or five pairs of strings in double courses, which pass over or through the bridge, originating in rural Italian folk music
    Synonym: chitarra italiana

See also
  • Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Further reading
  • Marcello Sorce Keller, Roberto Catalano, and Giuseppina Colicci, "Italy", in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 8: Europe, Garland (1996), →ISBN, pages 604–625
  • 1991. The Guitar from the Renaissance to the Present Day. Harvey Turnbull. Pg. 21.
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