Vihuela
guitar-shaped string instrument from 15th and 16th century Spain, Portugal and Italy, usually with five or six doubled strings
Vihuela is a name given to two different guitar-like string instruments: one from 16th century Spain, usually with 12 paired strings, and the other, the Mexican vihuela, from 20th century Mexico with five strings and typically played in Mariachi bands.
Other websites
change- lutesandguitars.co.uk Stephen Barber & Sandi Harris, lutemakers and researchers
- vihuelademano.com Alexander Batov, vihuela maker and researcher
- Goldberg magazine: Los dos rinacimintos de la vihuela Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine The twentieth-century resuscitation of the vihuela.
- Several photos of Spanish vihuelas can be found among the instrument photos at Wayne Cripps' lute pages.
- Pictures Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
