- The
cittern or
cithren (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. Cister, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola) is a
stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance.
Modern scholars...
- string-instrument that can be
regarded as a b****
cittern though it does not have the re-entrant
tuning typical of the
cittern.
Probably first built by John Rose in...
- zither") is a
plucked string instrument from Germany. It is a type of
cittern that has nine (sometimes ten)
steel strings in five courses. Different...
-
builders and players,
there is
significant overlap in the
terms "bouzouki," "
cittern," and "octave mandolin", even if they are not more or less synonymous....
- The
Cithrinchen or Bell
cittern was a
distinctively shaped instrument of the
renaissance and
baroque periods. It was
usually strung with
doubled courses...
-
court circles.
Later it
became po****r and
references have been
found to
citterns being pla**** in the theater, in
taverns and
barbershops in the seventeenth...
- and bodhran. He also
plays other instruments such as
acoustic guitar,
cittern, and mandolin.
McGoldrick has been a
member of
several influential bands...
- The
Ceterone (Italian), was an
enlarged cetera (Eng.
cittern),
believed to be
similar to the
chitarrone as a
development of the
chitarra and lute to enhance...
-
early 20th centuries.
These variants all use
metal strings,
similar to the
cittern. The word "zither" is
derived from
Latin cythara,
which was used in this...
- 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...
