When applied to musical instruments, the term requinto is used in both Spanish and Portuguese to mean a smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument. Therefore not every instrument with the name requinto is a guitar, this article however deals with specifically the Requinto Guitar.
Requinto guitars
The requinto guitar is a six-string nylon guitar with a scale length of 530 to 540mm, which is about 18% smaller than a standard guitar scale.
Requintos made in Mexico have a deeper body than a standard classical guitar (110mm as opposed to 105mm). Requintos made in Spain tend to be of the same depth as the standard classical. Requinto Guitars are also used throughout Latin America. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...
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