Baroque guitar

noun

An archaic form of guitar with five strings, originating in the Baroque era, played by either strumming or plucking, and characterized by the use of reentrant tuning.

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Meanings

nounBaroque guitar (plural Baroque guitars)

plural Baroque guitars

  1. An archaic form of guitar with five strings, originating in the Baroque era, played by either strumming or plucking, and characterized by the use of reentrant tuning.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
spanish guitar

Translations

Catalan guitarra barroca
  • guitarra barrocaarchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
Czech barokní kytara
  • barokní kytaraarchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
Danish barokguitar
  • barokguitararchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
Finnish barokkikitara
  • barokkikitaraarchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
French guitare baroque, guitare à cinq chœurs
  • guitare baroquearchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
  • guitare à cinq chœursarchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
German Barockgitarre
  • Barockgitarrearchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
Hungarian barokk gitár
  • barokk gitárarchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
Italian chitarra barocca
  • chitarra baroccaarchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
Norwegian Bokmål barokkgitar
  • barokkgitararchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
Polish gitara barokowa
  • gitara barokowaarchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
Spanish guitarra barroca
  • guitarra barrocaarchaic form of guitar from the Baroque era
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APA

Baroque guitar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baroque%20guitar

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Chicago

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