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The cittern or cithren (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. Cister, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola) [1] is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance.Modern scholars debate its exact history, but it is generally accepted that it is descended from the medieval citole (or cytole).
The orpharion (/ ˌ ɔːr f ə ˈ r aɪ ən / or / ɔːr ˈ f ær i ən /) or opherion / ɒ ˈ f ɪər i ən / 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 of the guitar. The metal strings are tuned like a lute and are plucked with the ...
Toggle Stringed instruments with keyboards subsection. 5.1 Struck. 5.2 Plucked. 5.3 Bowed. 5.4 Other/hybrid. 6 Stringed instruments by country. 7 See also. 8 References.
The lira da braccio (or lyra de bracio [1]) was a European bowed string instrument of the Renaissance.It was used by Italian poet-musicians [2] in court in the 15th and 16th centuries to accompany their improvised recitations of lyric and narrative poetry. [3]
This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Percussion instruments (idiophones, membranophones, struck chordophones, blown percussion instruments)
The cümbüş (/ dʒ uː m ˈ b uː ʃ /; Turkish pronunciation: [dʒymˈbyʃ]) is a Turkish stringed instrument of relatively modern origin.It was developed in 1930 by Zeynel Abidin Cümbüş as an oud-like instrument that could be heard as part of a larger ensemble.
One of Texas Tech's oldest and most beloved traditions will be returning for its 66th year. ... To help kick off the holiday season with music and over 25,000 lights, one of Texas Tech's oldest ...
That with one Psaltery-related instrument is easy to play because the strings are struck with a mallet as a whole. The name salterio or psalterium for the instrument comes from Yebra, Spain. Researcher Violet Alford said that it was a mistake to include the stringed drum under the name of psalterium, the Latin name of a strummed or plucked ...