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The History of Classical
guitar strings
Catgut Strings
In the past, the most common material used for stringed instruments was what came to be known as "catgut".It was used in the stringing of harps, lutes, guitar, violins and other stringed instruments, as well as older marching snare drums. This material is made from the intestinal lining of cattle and sheep. Historically both cattle (cows and bulls) and sheep were referred to as cattle.
The Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega was one of the fathers of modern classical guitar.Hence one possible origin of the word catgut is that it is an abbreviation of the term cattlegut. Another origin may be from folk etymology whereby the term kitgut (the word kit meaning fiddle) may have been confused with another use of the word kit, that being for "little cat".
Bass strings were also made with catgut, although here the catgut was wound around a core made of silk thread.
catgut, which is made from animal intestines
