{"id":254,"date":"2013-06-04T15:34:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T15:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcboluda.com\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2021-05-19T15:47:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T15:47:47","slug":"tara-cittern","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/marcboluda.com\/?page_id=254","title":{"rendered":"TARA CITTERN"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE CITTERN<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe cittern is a plucked string instrument which seems to have appeared around the 15th century and which is still widespread in Europe. The archicistre is a cittern augmented by a series of low strings. Heir to the Citole,the cittern experienced two periods of intense predilection:<\/span> <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nthe longest lasted from the beginning of the 16th to the middle of the 17th century. He acquires the characteristics that are still his today. At that time, the practice of the cittern was close to that of the lute but of an inferior, more popular and simpler status. Amateurs practice it assiduously, and the collections made available to them are numerous. But, towards the middle of the 17th century, for no apparent reason, it fell into oblivion;<\/span>
\naround 1770 it resurfaced. There, it is a real enthusiasm of the public and to answer the demand, the composers will compete in imagination, to the point that the production loses its quality. A postman even imagines adapting a small mechanical table for a pianoforte and small hammers actuated by means of a keyboard.<\/span>
\nBut this development only harms the Cittern, for which interest fades from 1800. \u00ab\u00a0<\/span>
\n source: Wikipedia article<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\nNowadays the Cittern is experiencing a resurgence of interest.<\/span>
\nWhat is called the Portuguese guitar is actually a kind of Cittern, as well as the Cetera Corse.<\/span>
\nThe model that I propose is with five courses, with a short or long scale lenght, according to the needs.<\/span>
\nThe short scale is 54.5cm and the long scale 63cm.<\/span>
\nThe body is very similar to that of the bouzouki,<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n the so-called \u00ab\u00a0Irish\u00a0\u00bb tuning: there are two tunings depending on the size of the instrument. Long instrument: R\u00e9-Sol-R\u00e9-La-R\u00e9. Short instrument: Sol-R\u00e9-La-R\u00e9-La. ;<\/span><\/div>\n
\nIt is an instrument which is suitable for both tuning and melodic playing, or a mixture of the two.<\/span><\/div>\n
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