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Plucked string instrument
The cittern or cithren (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. Cister, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola) is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance. Modern scholars
Cittern
Musical instrument in the lute family
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
Mandolin
German style of cittern, a plucked string instrument
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
Waldzither
Distinctively shaped cittern of the Renaissance and Baroque periods
The Cithrinchen or Bell cittern was a distinctively shaped instrument of the renaissance and baroque periods. It was usually strung with doubled courses
Cithrinchen
Corsican stringed musical instrument
usually interpreted to indicate a musical instrument of the cittern family. Cetra Cittern Roland Ferrandi Salvatore VIALA (1842). Dionomachia; poemetto
Cetara
Medieval lute
"re-introduced it in modified form" in the 16th century as the cetra (cittern in English), and it may have influenced the development of the guitar as
Citole
Plucked string-instrument
string-instrument that can be regarded as a bass cittern though it does not have the re-entrant tuning typical of the cittern. Probably first built by John Rose in
Bandora_(instrument)
Type of stringed instrument
builders and players, there is significant overlap in the terms "bouzouki," "cittern," and "octave mandolin", even if they are not more or less synonymous.
Irish_bouzouki
Plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings
court circles. Later it became popular and references have been found to citterns being played in the theater, in taverns and barbershops in the seventeenth
Portuguese_guitar
French classical guitarist and composer
(1805–1883) with one of his Lacôte "floating 7th string" guitars, an 18th-century arch-cittern, a French 19th century cittern, and a custom extra-large guitar.
Napoléon_Coste
Class of stringed musical instruments
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
Zither
German band
instruments include Celtic harp, Swedish nyckelharpa, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, cittern and flutes. The band was founded in 1998 by Oliver s. Tyr, Elisabeth Pawelke
Faun_(band)
Musical instrument
English guitar or guittar (also citra) is a stringed instrument – a type of cittern – popular in many places in Europe from around 1750–1850. It is unknown
English_guitar
Medieval necked bowl lute
an entirely different instrument related to later developments of the cittern. During the 14th century in Geoffrey Chaucer's time, the 'e' that appears
Gittern
cittern") is a stringed instrument from Switzerland. It has nine steel strings in five courses and is tuned: G2, D3 D3, G3 G3, B3 B3, D4 D4. Cittern Waldzither
Halszither
Plucked string instrument from Spain
Arabic al-oud العود, literally meaning “the wood”. The laúd belongs to the cittern family of instruments. The Spanish and Cuban instruments have six double
Laúd
Italian musical instrument
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
Ceterone
(Swedish: svensk luta) is a musical instrument developed from the early cittern, with a theorbo'ed neck with several bass strings running offset from the
Swedish_lute
Musical artist
songs, Lowe accompanies himself and The Bad Pennies on guitar, harmonica, cittern, and piano. John Gerard Lowe grew up witnessing the decline of the coal-mining
Jez_Lowe
British composer
[Holburne] (c. 1545 – 29 November 1602) was a composer of music for lute, cittern, and instrumental consort during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. An "Anthony
Anthony_Holborne
Medieval European stringed instrument
written by Kathleen Schlesinger. Where Winternitz later focused on the cittern, Schlesinger concentrated on the chain of instrument evolution from lyre
Cythara
German medieval metal band
included the hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, Uilleann Pipes, shawm, nyckelharpa, harp, cittern, tromba marina, hammered dulcimer, Klangbaum, and various types of drums
In_Extremo
Musical artist
and bodhran. He also plays other instruments such as acoustic guitar, cittern, and mandolin. McGoldrick has been a member of several influential bands
Michael_McGoldrick
English folk band starring Adrian Edmondson and Troy Donockley
Edmondson (vocals, mandolins, mandola) and Troy Donockley (uilleann pipes, cittern, whistles, vocals). After "accidentally" buying a mandolin, Edmondson taught
The_Bad_Shepherds
Tuning system for string instruments
of machine head tuning system for string instruments, named for English cittern (English guitar) maker John Preston and developed in the 18th century.
Preston_tuners
Western musical period between the 15th and 17th centuries
instruments including the mandolin and guitar. Lira da braccio Bandora Cittern Lute Orpharion Vihuela Clavichord Harpsichord Virginal Some Renaissance
Renaissance_music
American musician (1944–2023)
upright and electric bass, banjo, mandolin, dobro, hardingfele, bouzouki, cittern, bağlama, gumbus, charango, cümbüş, oud and zither. He was described as
David_Lindley_(musician)
Tunings for stringed musical instruments
Contrabass Banjo Man Playing Contrabass Banjo Long Scale Cittern Mid Scale cittern Short Scale Cittern The two Puerto Rican cuatro traditions Ibid. Ibid. Ibid
Stringed_instrument_tunings
Plucked stringed instrument from the Renaissance
is a plucked stringed instrument from the Renaissance, a member of the cittern family. Its construction is similar to the larger bandora and is an ancestor
Orpharion
English composer and music teacher
teacher, who flourished around 1600. He taught and wrote music for lute, cittern, orpharion, bandora, viol, and voice. Very little is known about Robinson's
Thomas_Robinson_(composer)
Musical instrument
music, but the instruments octave mandolin, Irish bouzouki and modern cittern are more commonly used. Some Irish traditional musicians, following the
Mandola
Plucked string musical instrument
Mandora Swedish lute Torban Theorbo Vihuela Related instruments Citole Cittern English guitar Gittern Guitarra latina Guitarra morisca Laúd Other topics
Lute
Scottish traditional music group
Kilbride and McMenemy shortly afterward brought in Jen Clark (vocals, cittern, dulcimer) and Duncan MacGillivray (Highland pipes) for Stand Easy (1979)
Battlefield_Band
Song by the 18th century Swedish bard Carl Michael Bellman
Epistles and his 1791 Fredman's Songs. A solo entertainer, he played the cittern, accompanying himself as he performed his songs at the royal court. Jean
Märk_hur_vår_skugga
Bowed, fretted and stringed instrument
(a wire-strung lute, metal-fretted, flat-backed, and festoon-shaped), a cittern, a treble viol (or violin, as time progressed), sometimes an early keyboard
Viol
Song with 18th century Swedish bard Carl Michael Bellman
Epistles and his 1791 Fredman's Songs. A solo entertainer, he played the cittern, accompanying himself as he performed his songs at the royal court. Jean
Träd_fram_du_nattens_gud
Song by the 18th century Swedish bard Carl Michael Bellman
Epistles and his 1791 Fredman's Songs. A solo entertainer, he played the cittern, accompanying himself as he performed his songs at the royal court. Jean
Käraste Bröder Systrar och Vänner
Käraste_Bröder_Systrar_och_Vänner
Chonguri (Azerbaijan, Georgia) Çifteli (Albania) Citole Cittern (Early Modern Britain) Bell cittern Concheras (Mexico) Mandolina conchera or concheras de
List_of_string_instruments
yet used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin and accordion. During the 1980s the Irish charts were based on
The_Pogues_discography
Irish musician (born 1947)
Woods.[citation needed] Woods is most associated with the mandolin and cittern, but also plays acoustic and electric guitars, mandola, five-string banjo
Terry_Woods
Broad tradition of Western art music
rebec, the harp-like lyre, the hurdy-gurdy, the lute, the guitar, the cittern, the bandora, and the orpharion. Keyboard instruments with strings included
Classical_music
members of the cittern family as well, for example the English guitar and Portuguese guitar. Further, the ancestor instrument of the citterns, the cytole
History of lute-family instruments
History_of_lute-family_instruments
English musical group
Gladwin sang and played twelve-string guitar, lute, double bass, theorbo, cittern, tabor and tubular bells. Wincott sang and played 6 string guitar, harmonium
Amazing_Blondel
Scottish music artist
multi-instrumentalist. He plays highland pipes, smallpipes, border pipes, whistles and cittern, and is known for incorporating global influences including jazz, rock
Ross_Ainslie
Germany. She is a specialist in the waldzither, a German form of the cittern, and has been instrumental in the recent revival of this instrument. She
Martina_Rosenberger
Musical instrument
fragments) all had ten strings in five courses. The English guitar is a type of cittern that was particularly popular in Europe from around 1750 to 1850. The English
Ten-string_guitar
1970 studio album by Amazing Blondel
except where specified. John David Gladwin - lead vocals, lute, theorboe, cittern, double bass Terence Alan Wincott - crumhorn, recorders, pipe-organ, vocals
Evensong_(album)
braccio Contrabass Violone Lute Theorbo Archlute Gittern Mandore Harp Cittern Vihuela Cornamuse Cromorne Crumhorn Rackett Rauschpfeife Recorder Shawm
List_of_period_instruments
California-born violinist
(guitar) and Joseph Sobol (guitar and cittern) Greenfire (Dorian 90265) with Robin Bullock (guitar, piano, cittern) Walking Stones (Dorian 90248) with Robin
Laura_Risk
Municipality in North Holland, Netherlands
the Haarlemmermeer and are named after three string instruments; Harp, Cittern, and Lute. In 2006 two of those bridges' structures already displayed clear
Haarlemmermeer
American musician (1940–2010)
Reservata Consort of Musicke Julian Bream Early Music Consort of London lute cittern mandora James Tyler obituary (The Guardian, 2 Dec 2010). Lutenist, James
James_Tyler_(musician)
1656 painting by Johannes Vermeer
painting and shows medallions and leaves. The instrument is probably a cittern. The dark coat with five buttons was added by Vermeer in a later stage
The_Procuress_(Vermeer)
English Celtic punk band
bass, vocals (1986–1996, 2001–2014; died 2022) Terry Woods – mandolin, cittern, concertina, guitar, vocals (1986–1993, 2001–2014) Joe Strummer – vocals
The_Pogues
British musician (born 1944)
mandolin, ukulele, concertina, harmonica, hammer dulcimer, autoharp, cittern, tin whistle Years active 1965–present Labels Rubber Records Philips Records
Mike_Harding
Musical group
Jonny Hardie (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, backing vocals) Buzzby McMillan (cittern, bass) Carmen Higgins (fiddle) Dave Francis (percussion) Davy Cattanach
Old_Blind_Dogs
English folk band
band uses a mix of modern and medieval instruments, such as the lute, cittern, crumhorn and rauschpfeife, along with the Moog synthesizer, bass and electric
Circulus_(band)
Fretted string instrument
(plucked) Hornbostel–Sachs classification 321.322 (Composite chordophone) Related instruments List Cittern Irish bouzouki Lute Mandocello Mandola Mandolin
Octave_mandolin
2015 studio album by Thighpaulsandra
cittern and autoharp on "Valerie" Martin Schellard – guitars; bass on "Salute", "The Golden Communion", "Misery" and "The Sinking Stone"; cittern on
The_Golden_Communion
American singer
Vox mandoguitar, Weissenborn Hawaiian guitar, mandola, octave mandolin, cittern, bouzouki, coral electric sitar) created a niche for him over the years
Tom_Hampton
American electric guitar manufacturer
Society (Peterborough) Family instruments Bandola Bandolin Bandora Bandurria Cittern Gittern Irish bouzouki Laouto Mandobass Mandocello Mandola Mandolin-banjo
Dean_Guitars
1988 studio album by the Pogues
O'Riordan, while Philip Chevron joined on guitar and Terry Woods played cittern and other instruments. Woods and Chevron (the only two members of The Pogues
If I Should Fall from Grace with God
If_I_Should_Fall_from_Grace_with_God
Scottish Celtic rock band
Andy Murray – lead guitar (1989–1993) Ivan Drever – lead vocals, guitar, cittern (1990–1998) Wayne Mackenzie – bass guitar (1992–2003) Graeme "Mop" Youngson
Wolfstone
2012 studio album by Mark Knopfler
June, this core group was joined by folk musicians John McCusker (fiddle, cittern), Michael McGoldrick (whistles, uilleann pipes), and Phil Cunningham (accordion)
Privateering_(album)
1991 greatest hits album by The Pogues
Version)" (MacGowan) Shane MacGowan - lead vocals, guitar Terry Woods - cittern, vocals Philip Chevron - guitar, vocals Spider Stacy - tin whistle, vocals
Essential_Pogues
Society (Peterborough) Family instruments Bandola Bandolin Bandora Bandurria Cittern Gittern Irish bouzouki Laouto Mandobass Mandocello Mandola Mandolin-banjo
History_of_the_mandolin
of instruments rarely seen outside their community, including the oud, cittern, cabrette, kaval, doumbek, and tupan. Their instruments were mixed and
Sirocco_(band)
String instrument of the mandolin family
State; Wm. C. Stahl) produced instruments that were more guitar, lute, or cittern-shaped. By the late 1920s, the popularity of mandolin orchestras was waning
Mandobass
Indian plucked stringed instrument
Mandora Swedish lute Torban Theorbo Vihuela Related instruments Citole Cittern English guitar Gittern Guitarra latina Guitarra morisca Laúd Other topics
Sitar
Irish fiddler (born 1950)
Graham (harmonica, clarinet, vocals), Paul Kotapish (guitar, mandolin, cittern, bass), and Sandy Silva (percussive dance). These three comprised the core
Kevin_Burke_(musician)
Ancient Greek musical instrument
ISBN 978-030003686-2. Segerman, Ephraim (1999). "A Short History of the Cittern". The Galpin Society Journal. 52: 77–107. doi:10.2307/842519. JSTOR 842519
Kithara
Italian composer and instrumentalist
Virchi had several publications based all in Venice, including a book of cittern tablature and many madrigals, which Anthony Newcomb praised as being of
Paolo_Virchi
US musical ensemble
Norman (flutes, bagpipes, bodhran), Howard Bass (bandora), and Mark Cudek (cittern, bass viol). Norman was replaced in 2003 by Mindy Rosenfeld, founding member
The_Baltimore_Consort
Persian plucked musical instrument with three strings
Mandora Swedish lute Torban Theorbo Vihuela Related instruments Citole Cittern English guitar Gittern Guitarra latina Guitarra morisca Laúd Other topics
Setar
Seven-string acoustic guitar developed in Russia
derived from the baroque cittern of the Waldzither type. According to the historical article by Valerian Rusanov, "there was a cittern player in Gotha, named
Russian_guitar
2001 studio album by In Extremo
(under the sea) (In Extremo) – 5:13 Das letzte Einhorn – vocals, harp, cittern Der Lange – guitar Die Lutter – bass, marine trumpet Der Morgenstern –
Sünder_ohne_Zügel
English composer, organist and editor (1557–1602)
broken consort, a uniquely English ensemble of two viols, flute, lute, cittern and bandora, notably as published by William Barley in 1599 in The First
Thomas_Morley
Latin synonym for the cithara
is an Italian descendant of κιθάρα (cithara). It is a synonym for the cittern but has been used for the citole and cithara (the lyre-form) and cythara
Cetra
2005 studio album by Circulus
3:28 "Power to the Pixies" - 6:14 Michael Tyack - vocals, guitar, saz, cittern Lo Polidoro - vocals, harmonium Sam Kelly - vocals, drums Oliver Parfitt
The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to Be Sent
The_Lick_on_the_Tip_of_an_Envelope_Yet_to_Be_Sent
Fretted string instrument
to the guitar, as guitarra meant the "Portuguese guitar", a variety of cittern. There were many different plucked instruments that were being invented
Guitar
Subcategory of string instruments
America) Chitarra battente (Italy) Çiftelia (Albania and Kosovo) Citole Cittern Cobza (Romania and Hungary) Colascione (southern Italy) Contrabass Cuatro
Plucked_string_instrument
2005 studio album by Troy Donockley & Dave Bainbridge
Pipes while also adding low whistles, electric and acoustic guitars, keys, cittern and the mandolin. His musical partner is his colleague from Iona, the guitarist
From_Silence
German musical instrument maker (1641–1719)
still existing of Tielke's oeuvre, with lutes, angelicas, theorboes, bell citterns (Ger Hamburger Cithrinchen), guitars, pochettes, violins, viole d'amore
Joachim_Tielke
particular by Robert Barto, Patrick O'Brien and Paul O'Dette. "The Renaissance Cittern Site: Makers and Suppliers". The Lute Society of America Quarterly, Volume
Andrew_Rutherford_(lutenist)
Swedish musician
Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto. Notable instruments includes the Nordic cittern and the träskofiol (clog-fiddle). The Press & Journal has described Carr
Ale_Carr
American singer and multi-instrumentalist (born 1955)
expanded the role to multi-instrumentalist, playing instruments such as cittern, violin/fiddle, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, banjo,
Larry_Campbell_(musician)
1988 studio album by Steve Earle
Lately" Telluride played on "Nothing But a Child" The Pogues Terry Woods – cittern Phil Chevron – guitar, vocals Jem Finer – banjo James Fearnley – accordion
Copperhead_Road
Bar across the neck of stringed instruments
Fanned frets first appeared on the 16th-century Orpharion, a variant of the cittern, tuned like a lute. John Starrett revived the idea in the late seventies
Fret
Musical artist
other instruments including guitar, fiddle, viola, mandolin, bouzouki, cittern, concertina, and hurdy-gurdy, as well as singing. He played fiddle with
Brian_McNeill
Musical instrument museum at the University of South Dakota, United States
acquiring a rare English cittern dating from the late 16th century, "This instrument is extremely rare, probably the only English cittern from the Renaissance
National_Music_Museum
Apparatus for tuning stringed musical instruments
well-accepted, planetary pegs can make string changes more time-consuming. Cittern maker John Preston is often credited with a linear-pull tuning machine
Machine_head
2007 studio album by Mark Knopfler
Matt Rollings (keyboards), Glenn Worf (bass) and John McCusker (fiddle, cittern). The tour included a six-night run at the Royal Albert Hall in London
Kill_to_Get_Crimson
2012 studio album by Merrymouth
basses, piano, organ, percussion and guitar), John McCusker (violins, cittern and low whistle) and Andy Cutting (melodeon). All songs are written by
Simon_Fowler's_Merrymouth
Traditional Swedish song
Epistles and his 1791 Fredman's Songs. A solo entertainer, he played the cittern, accompanying himself as he performed his songs at the royal court. Jean
Gubben_Noak
String(s) on a string instrument played as a single string
quinto Bajo sexto Baroque guitar Bouzouki Charango family Chitarra battente Cittern Cimbalom Cümbüş Eight-string bass guitar Gittern Lute Mandolin family Mandore
Course_(music)
Musical instrument in the mandolin family
Society (Peterborough) Family instruments Bandola Bandolin Bandora Bandurria Cittern Gittern Irish bouzouki Laouto Mandobass Mandocello Mandola Mandolin-banjo
Mandocello
American musical instrument manufacturer
Society (Peterborough) Family instruments Bandola Bandolin Bandora Bandurria Cittern Gittern Irish bouzouki Laouto Mandobass Mandocello Mandola Mandolin-banjo
Gibson_(guitar_company)
Stringed instrument
Mandora Swedish lute Torban Theorbo Vihuela Related instruments Citole Cittern English guitar Gittern Guitarra latina Guitarra morisca Laúd Other topics
Cobza
Greek plucked stringed instrument
Frank Zappa Mihalis Genitsaris Arabic music Balkan music Celtic music Cittern Greek folk music Greek music Irish folk music Laiko Laouto, another Greek
Bouzouki
Celtic music group from Houston, Texas
reformed Clandestine with themselves and a fourth member, Al Cofrin, on Irish cittern, folk guitar, and medieval bagpipes. The band made their formal debut as
Clandestine_(band)
two dance pieces and no variations. There are also nine pieces for the cittern, the earliest extant music for this instrument. The sixteen named composers
The_Mulliner_Book
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Male
Chinese
the sea.
Girl/Female
Indian
Eye sight
Girl/Female
Tamil
Dusky, Mother of Hanuman (Mother of Hanuman)
Female
Egyptian
, an early Egyptian goddess.
Boy/Male
Indian
Smart
Girl/Female
Tamil
Nirjala | நிரà¯à®œà®²à®¾
A type of fast without water
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Slave of the All Embracing
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Telugu
Pleasing
Boy/Male
English
From the Meadow
Boy/Male
African, Arabic, Farsi, French, German, Ghana, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Turkish
Gift; One of Twins; From Fante; Donation; To Give; Twin; Father; Abandon; Ancestor
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n.
See Cittern.
n.
An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.]
n.
An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.
n.
A rude musical instrument somewhat like a cittern.
n.
A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
n.
See Cittern.
n.
Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.
n.
An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind.