Cul 
i re: et. Cpprtehvant iMluftravit Gulielmus Guifius, 
go."? The editors of et « Aa Eruditorum,’’ pro- 
unced the sitios * ste n of profound learnin ’ ‘ia 
ornament to he pees ity of Oxford. He ad, 
en he died, undertaken an edition of Abulfeda’s Geo- 
» seas in Geography, a town of Frais! in the depart- 
‘ment of the Aifne, and chief place ofa care in the a 
ot Vervins, fituated on the Oife ; 20 miles N. of Laon. The 
place contains 3039, and the canton 15998 idMabitants, ona 
ae 160 kiliometres, i in 22 co es. 
UISHDEN, a river a ea in sete county of Mayo, 
which flows into Lough 
_ GUISO, : ~othe of Seat in the ifland of Niphon ; to 
Tigh 
mailes 0 
GUITARRA, Spanith ; Guitarre, Fr.; Chitarra, Ital. ; 
Guitar, Eng). all derived from, Cithara, whic fee. 
ep ie ftng 
hefe 
oni extremely” tight round oie neck, for fear of their 
are faftened to a bridge fixed to the lower 
and fupported by a ae at the end of 
or metal pins 
ft but 
had at fir 
rey and fifth o€taves to cach other. Sometimes the fifth 
tee no octave lett it fhould overpower the refi; and 
te g is fo often falfe that it is frequently played 
, ptrchent is tuned and played fo many different 
ways, that it muft be ilrung according to the pitch and 
a ‘compats i it is two o¢taves and a fifth, from A in the 
{rt fpace in in the bafe,- to LE in the fourth {pace in the 
"The tuning, like that of the lute, is entirely by fourths, 
tone major spe ADGBE. oe nil 
tarinS ) is 
seme that of the ate but pe other countries, its 
Sotation is the fame as for 
y¥ and acco 
»is preferved for the convenience and carriage 
Me hat Na of the fingers, the clearnefs of 
wie tone, tl harmony and facility of execution. ce this 
rte, nut #8 not ftudied as much as the harpfichord or 
with lee P to find the pofitions of a head 
aie whe the firft eleven letters of the alphabet, 
from @ to: upon pon — fo ten frets, which 
_ On fe ae a sic they oe 
athe heft has ich is Sas a rraal part of 
us when aye ae 
of the ee 2 
ied 
oa 
GUI 
the trite with fpirit and force’ fo that the firft touch of tle 
‘firing by the end of the fi roduce the found, ‘The 
; the thakes 
tats? and ‘fhifts to Ban a moveable nut Jonas “pe to fret, 
will require long pr 
The i Saha for the Heh hand, which ferves as a kind of 
bow, an ich the execution is upon the belly of the 
guitar, are little ftraight lines |, or femicircles, placed under 
e ard which overs, to with the thumb ; 
the sie¢ whic placed. under thofe to be touched 
with vite fich, the fecond, Aa third finger, are indications 
for taking off or keeping on the finger in arpeggios... There 
are marks for {weeping the chords upwards, and others 
downwards. The tails dow fldiot imply ftriking the notes 
from top to bottom, and upwards the contra 
AS to the notes expre Ed by the letters placed on the 
five lines or ftaff, which are to be pinched or thrummed, 
they reprefent the five {trings of the guitar. When many 
letters follow each other, of the fame value, only one note 
is written for the firft of them; for exampie, one quaver or 
crotchet for the whole bar, and even many bars of which the 
notes are of the fame kind, till another note fucceeds of 
mage or lefs value. fi this refpe& the fame fingle charac- 
ters are ufed as in other ayes and the fame reits, &e. 2 
lere are two w: erforming on this inftrument, 
either sik {weeping or ae the itrings ; many affect one 
way more than the other ; pe ufe both ways, occafionally, 
which} is preferable. molt extenfive, an mott 
fufceptible of Seechtion, is pte pinching of the Aiiigs, go 
ios are more harmonious, becaufe all the ftrin 
in vibration ; but "he mult be touched very lightly and 
delicately with the right hand, and with firmnefs, and corre 
peter of the left hand, to produce a good effect ; for noe 
is fo eafy as to metamorphofe this inftrument, of which 
ae mony may be rendered fo {weet, into a mere kettle, 
s are pinched. or thrummed between the rofe 
; but the arpeggios ought to be pag tt 
and the lait fret of t neck, that is, about 
the middle of the flrings, to avoid the harfhnefs malig 
from the playing too near the bridge, where the 
than towards 
a: 
are more ftubborn and unmanageable 
Of the Strings. —The choice of ftrings requires great 
for ie fiz oe ae proportions, and sath: ip eit r 
‘unifons, of which, either i is falfe, they. never can be. 
filvered, or whipped ftrings, have two inc 
the one is of wearing out and cutting the frets ; the other, 
ftill greater, of bE fea the ques itrings, particularly 
in {weeping the 
There are. indeed eliord in which ay Aa a iets effeé, 
when they give t t as that does siot 
bd very bs the filvered flrings rault be touched 
: wre followin reprefentation of the neck of the larg, 
ics: guitar se thew port Be inrament i is tuned, 
 agaar® mee shana naol 
Oe Br: tor wi things cae ily he 
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