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.