Bandurria
The bandurria is a stringed instrument that is played by plucking the strings. It is from Spain and is similar to the mandolin and bandola. It is mainly used in Spanish folk music and can also be found in countries that were once part of Spain.
Requinto
The term requinto is used in Spanish and Portuguese languages to describe a smaller and higher-pitched version of another instrument. This means that there are requinto versions of guitars, drums, and many wind instruments.
Ronroco
The ronroco (also spelled ronrroco) is a low-pitched instrument in the charango family, with a string length of 44 to 50 centimeters. It was created in 1968 by brothers Gonzalo and Wilson Hermosa, members of the group Los Kjarkas from Cochabamba, Bolivia. The instrument became widely used during the 1980s.
Tiple
A tiple (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtiple], named after the high-pitched sounds of a soprano voice) is a type of guitar. It usually has 10 or 12 strings, though it may have fewer in some cases. It is made in different styles depending on the region.
Tres (instrument)
The tres (Spanish for three) is a string instrument from Cuba. The most common type has six strings and is called the original Cuban tres. Its sound is an important part of Cuban son music and is often played in many Afro-Cuban music styles.
Cuatro
Cuatro, which is the word for the number 4 in Spanish and other Romance languages, can mean: Cuatro (album), an album released in 2024 by Camilo.
Charango
The charango is a small stringed instrument from the lute family, used by the Quechua and Aymara people in the Altiplano region of South America after the Spanish introduced European stringed instruments during colonization. It is commonly found in the Andean areas of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, northern Chile, and northwestern Argentina, where it is widely used in traditional music and has many different versions. The charango is about 66 cm (26 inches) long.
Guitarrón mexicano
The guitarrón mexicano, which means “big Mexican guitar” in Spanish (the suffix -ón in Spanish is used to make a word mean “big” or “large”), is a very large, deep-bodied Mexican six-string acoustic bass guitar. It is traditionally played in Mariachi groups. Although it looks similar to a guitar, it was not developed from the guitar.
Vihuela
The vihuela (Spanish pronunciation: [viˈwela]) is a string instrument from the 15th century in Spain. It has frets and is played by plucking its strings, similar to a guitar in shape (with a figure-eight design that makes it strong and portable) but tuned like a lute. It was used in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries as a musical instrument similar to the lute in Italy.
Cittern
The cittern, also called cithren in some languages (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger.