欧洲文艺复兴时期的小型吉他,是西班牙和葡萄牙民间吉他的原型。通过国际间的往来,吉他传播到南美和远东。西班牙有一种八根弦的大型短颈吉他,是站着演奏的。高音的吉他定弦G—c—f一~bb—d′—g′;还有一种定弦为B—e—a—d′—~#f′—b′。最小型的五根弦吉他,定弦为a′—d″—g′—c″—e″。葡萄牙的被称为Violāo的吉他。与西班牙吉他类似。葡萄牙的machete是一种四根弦或五根弦的吉他;rajāo是一种琴身呈鱼形的吉他,通常有五根弦。在加那利群岛(大西洋)有一种被称为 Small European Renaissance Guitar, a prototype of Spanish and Portuguese folk guitar. Through international exchanges, guitar spread to South America and the Far East. Spain has a large eight-string short-necked guitar that stands and plays. High-pitched guitar strings G-c-f a ~ bb-d’-g ’; there is a fixed string B-e-a-d’- ~ # f’-b’. The smallest five-string guitar, set to a’-d “-g’-c” -e ". The Portuguese guitar called Violāo is similar to a Spanish guitar. The Portuguese machete is a string of four or five Guitar string; rajāo is a piano fish-shaped guitar, usually five strings in the Canary Islands (Atlantic Ocean) there is a known as