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CITHOLE [1 record]

Record 1 2024-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
DEF

... a plucked stringed instrument used in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, which was held by means of the thumbhole in its short neck.

CONT

While the citole usually seems to have been played with a substantial, broad, straight plectrum made of wood, bone or another solid material, both the "cetera" and the gittern were played with a thin, more flexible plectrum ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes

Spanish

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