chitarra battente

== Italian == === Noun === chitarra battente f (plural chitarre battenti) a large guitar-like stringed instrument with metal frets, a curved back and four or five pairs of strings in double courses, which pass over or through the bridge, originating in rural Italian folk music Synonym: chitarra italiana ==== See also ==== Appendix:Glossary of chordophones ==== Further reading ==== Marcello Sorce Keller, Roberto Catalano, and Giuseppina Colicci, "Italy", in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 8: Europe, Garland (1996), →ISBN, pages 604–625 1991. The Guitar from the Renaissance to the Present Day. Harvey Turnbull. Pg. 21.