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gittern

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[English]

A Medieval and Renaissance plucked stringed instrument of the guitar family, the gittern has usually four strings (although sometimes as many as six), and a rounded back like that of a lute. It was popular in the fourteen and fifteen hundreds, but was eclipsed in the sixteen hundreds by the lute.



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Last Updated: 2016-05-27 01:39:19