vihuela
nounEtymology From Spanish vihuela.
1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A guitar-like string instrument of 15th- and 16th-century Spain, usually with six courses or sets of strings (twelve strings in total).
2
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A guitar-like string instrument of 19th-century Mexico with five strings, typically played in mariachi bands.
- Derived terms
- vihuelist