Gittern
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The gittern (English term used to designate the Renaissance guitar with four string[1]). or guitarra latinais a medieval and renaissance musical instrument resembling a small lute or guitar. It is related to but is not a citole, another medieval instrument. The gittern was carved from a single piece of wood with a curved ("sickle-shaped") pegbox. An example has survived from around 1450. Its presence during the time of Henri VIII is testified with an important number of manuscripts.
[edit] Composers
Guillaume de Machaut France (ca. 1300-1377)
[edit] References
- ^ Stefano Russomanno
[edit] External links
- [1] Guide to Early Instruments. The Gittern and Citole.
- [2] Guide to Early Instruments. The Guitar and Vihuela.
- [3] The Guitar in England
- [4] Plucked, fretted instruments in Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Scotland
- [5] Gittern Businesses, Early MusiChicago
- [6] THE HISTORY OF THE GUITAR IN SPAIN
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