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.
Synonyms
chitarra italiana
See also
Appendix:Glossary of chordophones
References
Marcello Sorce Keller, Roberto Catalano, and Giuseppina Colicci, "Italy", in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 8: Europe, Garland (1996), ISBN 0-8240-6034-2, pages 604–625