Episode 5. The Spanish folklore and the end of the battuto-pizzicato style.

Towards the end of the 17th century, solo works for guitar appear for the first time in Spain, in books by Gaspar Sanz and Francisco Guerau. It is worth noting that this music is mainly in the plucked style (punteado in Spanish), and that strummed chords (rasgueado) are largely absent. After 1700, almost no music […]