Around 1800, Spanish luthier Antonio de Torres Jurado refined the classical guitar's design, standardizing the six-string configuration, fan bracing, and body proportions still used today. His innovations improved volume, tone, and playability. The modern guitar became central to folk, classical, and popular music, inspiring poetic traditions across cultures.

The standardization of the six-string guitar around 1800 facilitated intimate Spanish and Latin American folk-poetic traditions, such as the cante jondo. Poets and musicians alike celebrated the emotional resonance of this instrument in their lyrical expressions.