Who wrote the itsy bitsy Spider? Its authorship is still unknown to this day.
It sounds British. It was previously known as teensy weensy spider, I think. It probably dates back to way before the early
Americas. In Spain, a folk art form called flamenco uses a dance,step arrangement which literally means "kill the spider".
Flamenco as I say, is a folk
art form from Spain. It is passed on as an oral tradition supported with and by music coupled with movement and
dance. Its music embodies the richness of Spain, of a nation, a past, an island, a country and especially if not first, her
people.
The instrument of her message
is the guitar. Yet, not just any guitar. Her instrument is the 'concerto flamenco' guitar.
Brief History: The modern flamenco guitar is a 1st cousin--meaning
cuz, to the modern classical guitar. they are both handbuilt. Consisting of almost the same methods. The flemenco guitar has
a very unique sound, though, along with that is an unique fingering(playing) action. Different timbers are used for the body
of the guitar varying subtly in dimension and properties. The traditional flamenco guitar is made entirely of cypress, while
the classical guitar is mad of rosewood. Another difference between the classical guitar and the flamenco guitar is a golpeadores
is located on the flamenco guitar. Golpeadores are plastic tappingplates for fingernail taps.
In the most recent modification of the flamenco guitar , the 'concerto
flamenco' was created. It combines the rosewood and machine tuning of the classic guitar with the fingering board and tap
plate of the traditional flamenco guitar.
