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  • noun music A smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument, usually referring to a guitar.

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Examples

  • But how many also boast the quijada, the jarana and the requinto?

    Michael Giltz: CDs Of The Week: Ladysmith Black Mambazo and David Wax Museum Michael Giltz 2011

  • But how many also boast the quijada, the jarana and the requinto?

    Michael Giltz: CDs Of The Week: Ladysmith Black Mambazo and David Wax Museum Michael Giltz 2011

  • MexConnect. com Forums: Areas: Central Highlands: ~Seeking PARACHO GUITAR - requinto ~~

    ~Seeking PARACHO GUITAR - requinto ~~ 2002

  • Does anyone know how I can buy an old style thin body requinto guitar.

    ~Seeking PARACHO GUITAR - requinto ~~ 2002

  • : Does anyone know how I can buy an old style thin body requinto guitar.

    ~Seeking PARACHO GUITAR - requinto ~~ 2002

  • Only once did anyone take an extended solo, his requinto player, Enrique Cortez.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • "We're making history," Usher said in a "making of" video that accompanies "Promise," a track in which he sings bachata with Mr. Santos to the rippling accompaniment of a requinto, the small guitar that is the instrumental backbone of the genre.

    NYT > Home Page By LARRY ROHTER 2011

  • "We're making history," Usher said in a "making of" video that accompanies "Promise," a track in which he sings bachata with Mr. Santos to the rippling accompaniment of a requinto, the small guitar that is the instrumental backbone of the genre.

    NYT > Home Page By LARRY ROHTER 2011

  • Malo's work is laced with eclectic sonic accoutrements, like compelling retro-surf electric guitars, lively accordion and high-pitched tropical requinto, giving

    The 9513 Janet Goodman 2010

  • Their current tour, which stops at Belly Up on Sunday, March 22, finds Pérez on the eight-string jarana, Hidalgo on the requinto and jarocho, Lozano on the guitarón, and Rosas on the bajo sexto.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

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