Battente Guitar Vorraro

The chitarra battente is not just an instrument: it is a living fragment of Southern Italy’s musical memory. It carries with it the echo of sun-drenched courtyards, folk festivals, improvised dances, and stories passed down by word of mouth.
Unlike the classical guitar, everything here vibrates differently: the “high” strings, the vaulted back, the sound that doesn’t settle but rotates, sways, shimmers like light on rippling water.
It is an instrument that asks for no permission: it enters, takes up space, and grasps the listener’s soul with the primordial force of its harmonics.

The one built by Mario Vorraro lives on ancient wisdom, guarded and shaped with almost mystical patience. Every stroke of the chisel, every choice of wood, every layer of varnish tells of a gesture that has traversed centuries to reach the hands of today’s musician.
A sonic companion pulsing with folk energy, capable of igniting rhythms, awakening traditions, and — when needed — shattering the silence with a single chord.