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Gittern
The
gittern was a relatively small gut strung round-backed instrument that first appears in literature and pictorial representation during the 13th century in Western Europe (Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France, England). It is usually depicted played with a quill
plectrum. It was also called the
guitarra in Spain,
guiterne or
guiterre in France, the
chitarra in Italy and
quintern in Germany. A popular instrument with court musicians,
minstrels, and amateurs, the gittern is considered ancestral to the modern guitar; possibly other instruments like the
mandore and
gallichon.
gittern
Noun
1. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
(synonym) cittern, cithern, cither, citole
(hypernym) guitar
Gitter (das)
n.
grate, grating, grid, network of crisscrossed bars; lattice, latticework, trellis, structure of interwoven strips of wood or metal
Gittern
(v. i.)
To play on gittern.
(n.)
An instrument like a guitar.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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