What is Vihuela?
[[File:Vihuela Mexicana.jpg|thumb|20th century Mexican vihuela.]] '''Vihuela''' is a name given to two different [[guitar]]-like [[string instrument]]s: 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 == * [http://www.lutesandguitars.co.uk/htm/cat12.htm lutesandguitars.co.uk] Stephen Barber & Sandi Harris, lutemakers and researchers * [http://vihuelademano.com vihuelademano.com] Alexander Batov, vihuela maker and researcher * [http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/magazine/essays/2005/04/31026_print.php Goldberg magazine: ''Los dos rinacimintos de la vihuela''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205025641/http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/magazine/essays/2005/04/31026_print.php |date=2008-12-05 }} The twentieth-century resuscitation of the vihuela. * Several photos of Spanish vihuelas can be found among the [http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/new/new_lute.html instrument photos at Wayne Cripps' lute pages]. * [http://www.liuteriadinsieme.it/strumenti/vihuela.html Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929084408/http://www.liuteriadinsieme.it/strumenti/vihuela.html |date=2007-09-29 }} {{Music of Spain}} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Plucked string instruments]]