- The
cittern or
cithren (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. Cister, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola) is a
stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance.
Modern scholars...
- well-accepted,
planetary pegs can make
string changes more time-consuming.
Cittern maker John
Preston is
often credited with a linear-pull
tuning machine...
- or
watchkey tuners) is a type of
machine head tuning system for
string instruments,
named for
English cittern (English guitar)
maker John
Preston and developed...
-
upright and
electric b****, banjo, mandolin, dobro, hardingfele, bouzouki,
cittern, bağlama, gumbus, charango, cümbüş, oud and zither. He was the unparalleled...
- the
Haarlemmermeer and are
named after three string instruments; Harp,
Cittern, and Lute. In 2006 two of
those bridges'
structures already displa**** clear...
- shorter-scaled
Irish bouzouki as a
cittern,
irrespective of
whether it has four or five courses.
Other relatives of the
cittern,
which might also be loosely...
-
Fusing punk
influences with
instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo,
cittern,
mandolin and accordion, the
Pogues were
initially poorly received in traditional...
-
Kilbride and
McMenemy shortly afterward brought in Jen
Clark (vocals,
cittern, dulcimer) and
Duncan MacGillivray (Highland pipes) for
Stand Easy (1979)...
-
stands on a
resonant banjo-like
head typically 10
inches in
diameter and
currently usually made of plastic.
Originally heads were made of skin and varied...
-
derived from the
baroque cittern of the
Waldzither type.
According to the
historical article by
Valerian Rusanov, "there was a
cittern player in Leipzig, named...
