The guitarra latina is a plucked string instrument of the Medieval period in Europe.[1] It has single string courses, and it is normally played with a pick. This gittern or citole with curved sides is illustrated in the medieval musical text the Cantigas de Santa Maria, alongside another gittern, the guitarra morisca.

Unlabeled photo from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Castile/Spain, c. 1300-1340. The left instrument has been called both guitarra latina and citole (left). The other instrument has been called guitarra morisca.

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  • The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Publishers, 1980. ISBN 1-56159-229-3.
  1. ^ Salazar, Adolfo (1953). "La guitarra, heredera de la kithara clásica". Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica. 7 (1/2): 118–126. ISSN 0185-0121.
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