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Romans brought the cithara into Portugal and Spain in 40AD.
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The Moors conquer the area where the Cithara was popular and introduced the 4-stringed Oud in 700AD.
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In 1100 the Oud evolves into two types of 4-stringed guitars: tthe Moorish guitar and the Latin guitar
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In the year 1400 the Vihuela is brought into the world. It becomes the preferred guitar for the next 200 years.
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The Vihuela proves to be full of difficulties and hard to play. So it is replaced in 1600 by four and five course baroque guitars
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In 1800 general alterations are done to the guitar including fan struts, raised neck and ebony wood fingerboard.
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In 1890 Antonio Torres Jurado redesigns the 1800's guitar by increasing the size of its body and neck.
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After the changes Jurado did to the 1800's guitar we develop the modern day acoustic and classic guitars and use them in our music industry all the time.
