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cittern
[ sit-ern ]
noun
- an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
cittern
/ ˈsɪtɜːn /
noun
- a medieval stringed instrument resembling a lute but having wire strings and a flat back Compare gittern
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cittern1
1550–60; blend of Latin cithara (< Greek kithára lyre, kithara ( def ) ) and gittern
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cittern1
C16: perhaps a blend of cither + gittern
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Example Sentences
The instrument here introduced is the cittern, played with or without a plectrum or quill.
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The instrument, on which he doubtless accompanied his mournful love-songs, is a form of cittern.
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Constantijn Huygens declares that he learnt to play the barbiton in a few weeks, but took two years to learn the cittern.
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Robinson gives instructions for learning to play the cittern and for reading the tablature.
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The last development of the cittern before its disappearance was the addition of keys.
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