Andrés Segovia has suggested this light-hearted comparison:
It is amusing to recall the many bizarre forms and changing number of strings which this long-suffering instrument has been forced to endure. Once I said jokingly that the guitar and the dog, in order not to be separated from man, have submitted themselves with resignation to the worst alterations of size and appearance. A whole scale of dimensions has been imposed upon the faithful animal, from the tiny dogs which ladies carry in their muffs, to the powerful Saint Bernard. Similarly, from the small ukelele of four strings to the swollen guitar of comic equatorial latitude to which have been added four thick tongues, in no way resulting in a more melodious, robust and eloquent voice.
(Quoted from page 3 of “More Strings?” by Andrés Segovia. The Guitar Review, Summer 1974; published by The Society of the Classical Guitar.)
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