See also:

• Arts: Music: Instruments: Stringed: Guitar: Classical  (258)
• Arts: Music: Styles: E: Early Music: Instruments: Lute  (38)

Andy Roberts' Blog: the Baroque Guitar - - An article on Vermeer’s “The guitar player” (which shows a Baroque guitar).

The Baroque Guitar :: Printed Music from 1606-1737 - - Dr Gary Boyes' research into playing styles and repertoire for the Baroque guitar, with an explanation of tablature used in the period.

Baroque Guitar for the Modern Performer - - An article exploring the differences between the baroque and modern classical instrument, their respective repertoires, and adapting the older music for the modern instrument.

BaroqueGuitar.net - - Tablatures for the five-stringed baroque guitar (in PDF format), with information on performance, ornamentation, and composers of the era.

Francois Campion :: Pieces for Baroque guitar in alternate tunings - - A collection of pieces by Francois Campion for Baroque guitar, in modern tablature; also notes on Campion's tunings.

Guide to Early Instruments :: The Guitar and Vihuela - - Describes and traces the development of early members of the guitar family.

The Guitar in England - - Excerpts from "The Early Guitar: A History and Handbook" (James Tyler, OUP, 1980), describing the development of the vihuela, Renaissance and Baroque, and English guitars, with comments on tunings and playing techniques.

The Guitar Pre-1650 - - The guitar and its predecessors; a short history with practical tips about finding/playing old instruments.

Instructions for the Baroque Guitar - - Three translations of contemporary guidance for Baroque guitar players, covering tuning, tablature, and stringing.

The Lute Ring - - A webring for sites related to lutes and early guitars.

A manuscript found in Oporto - - Preserved in Galvao-Kristófcsák Foundation of Lagos, in Algarve, Portugal, it is a unique, anonymous collection of works for five course Baroque guitar.

Sixteenth-Century Printed Tablatures - - An annotated bibliography of tablature written for the lute, vihuela, early guitar, cittern, bandora, mandora, and orpharion; arranged chronologically and by composer.