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The Bordonua (Bordonúa) is a large, deep body (sound-boxes are usually deep) bass guitar which is native to Puerto Rico. They are made using several different shapes and sizes. The Bordonúa is the least common of the three stringed instruments that make up the Puerto Rican ''orquesta jibara'' (i.e., the Cuatro, the Tiple and the Bordonúa). The Bordonua usually has 3 sound holes, with a large central one and two smaller ones in the two corners of the upper bout. The usual body shape is quite slender and tapers in towards the top, however there is a wide variety of other designs also. ==History== The original Bordonua is said to have evolved from the old 16th century Spanish Acoustic bass guitar called the ''Bajo de la Una''. There were also special melodic Bordonuas that were used during the 1920s and 1930s as accompaniment to melody instead of the bass role. These were oddly tuned like a Tiple. This configuration is no longer used on the island.〔(The Stringed Instrument Database )〕 They are also related to the Spanish renaissance Vihuela, brought to the Island by conquering Spanish. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bordonua」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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