cittern

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In the "Diary of Samuel Pepys" we read: "After supper my Lord called for the lieutenant's cittern, and with two candlesticks with money in them for symballs, we made barber's music, with which my lord was well pleased."

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  1. noun A 16th-century guitar with a flat, pear-shaped body.

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  • One other thing I think I know is that the 'C' string of a cittern is typically of a lighter gauge than that of a mandocello. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • It's now three weeks since I bought my cittern, so I thought it's time I posted some photos and a soundclip (please excuse the playing!) —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • Also, The Music Room in the UK has a used Manson cittern for sale (NFI). —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • I've seen photos of his mandolins and octave mandolins, but I don't think I've seen a cittern before. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • The reason I searched on that is that I've just been to the Music Room this morning ... no intention of buying an instrument, much less a cittern, and I think if this had been anything but a Manson I might have been able to resist it. —  Mandolin Cafe News
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  1. Perhaps blend of Latin cithara, cithara; see cithara, and obsolete English gittern (from Middle English, from Old French guiterne, from Latin cithara).
 

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/ˈsɪθˈ, sɪtərn/
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