cittern
cit·tern
C0374400 (sĭt′ərn) also cith·ern (sĭth′ərn, sĭth′-)cittern
(ˈsɪtɜːn) ,cither
orcithern
cit•tern
(ˈsɪt ərn)n.
| Noun | 1. |  cittern - a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings |
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| 释义 | citterncit·ternC0374400 (sĭt′ərn) also cith·ern (sĭth′ərn, sĭth′-)cittern(ˈsɪtɜːn) ,citherorcitherncit•tern(ˈsɪt ərn)n.
citterncittern(sĭt`ərn), stringed musical instrument of the guitar family having an oval body, a flat back, and a fretted neck. Its strings, made of wire and varying in number, were plucked. It was first made in the Middle Ages and at that time was usually called citole or sitole. The name cittern was given it in the 16th cent. in England, where, as in all western Europe, it was very popular until the early part of the 18th cent. It has also been called cister, cistre, cithern, cithren, citharen, cetera, cither, cithara, gittern, and sittron.Citternan ancient plucked stringed instrument. The cittern, which had a pear-shaped body, resembled the modern mandolin; it had four to 12 pairs of metal strings and one treble string. It was common in Germany, Italy, and other Western European countries from the 15th to the early 19th century and was especially popular among the urban population in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The instrument was subsequently supplanted by the guitar. Special types of citterns included the archcittern, the tenor cittern, and the English guitar. The cittern is still played in Spain. REFERENCESachs, C. Handbuch der Musikinstrumentenkunde, 2nd ed. Leipzig [1966]. Pages 205–09.cittern
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