parlor guitar

English

Alternative forms

• parlour guitar

Noun

parlor guitar (plural parlor guitars)

1. (music) A kind of small acoustic guitar, originally meant to be played (often by women) in the parlor of a Victorian-era home; more modern models are still used today, commonly in folk music.

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

References

• 2012. Technology of the Guitar. Richard Mark French. Pg. 256.