Learn Spanish Guitar - Significance of Its History

Each genre of music has its own distinct sounds and techniques that make them easily distinguishable from the others.
Spanish guitar music has all these distinct features that make it so unique and so special.
These have lot to do with its origin.
As you venture to master the art of Spanish guitar, you might be interested in whatever fundamental to this beautiful style of music.
As you learn playing the instrument step by step, it will help if you know the history of the instrument and the background of specific rhythms, melodies and themes associated with it.
Thousands of years old ancestry Guitar like instruments were born some 5,000 years ago in the Central Asia.
Anthropological evidences show that guitar like instruments were popular in the old Iranian capital of Susa thousands of years ago.
This means that essentially Asian instruments like Tanbur or Setar are distantly related to guitar, which on the other hand is an essentially European instrument.
The Spanish origin The historically informed guitar students must learn about the difference between early guitars and the classical guitars.
The classical guitar evolved out of the family of instruments called chordophones and typically has 6 nylon strings.
Thus it is often referred to as the "nylon string guitar".
Classical guitar's origin can be traced back to the creation of the nineteenth century Spanish luthier Antonio Torres Jurado.
This is how, today's modern classical guitar, which integrates vast fingerpicking technique, acquired its name-"Spanish guitar".
Just like a piano, Spanish guitar also can create solo rendition of melody, multi-voiced harmony as well as polyphony.
The older forms of classical guitars are however known as early guitars.
The guitarists prefer to play them in the historical performances.
The birth of Spanish guitar Moors brought so-called Guitarra Morisca to Spain.
In 15th century, an instrument that was half way between the lute and the guitar became popular in Spain.
In the 17th century, renaissance gave new look to five string guitar and baroque guitar was evolved out of the vihuela.
In 18th century, six string guitar replaced the five-string and it was in the 19th century that Antonio de Torres, the Spanish luthier gave the modern classical guitar its distinguishable features-a broadened body, curvy waist, thinner belly, single string courses, improved internal bracing, and a machined head in place of wooden tuning pegs.
And the modern Spanish guitar was born and started to be used as an accompaniment with Flamenco form of song and dance.
In latter course of history, the instrument got refined in the hands of many other luthiers-but Torres's work remains fundamental to the design of today's Spanish guitar.
As you learn Spanish guitar and progress through its various stages of the lessons, keep this brief history in mind; this will inspire you delve deeper into this centuries-old instrument and make you a better guitarist.