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The cittern usually had four pairs of wire strings tuned in either of two ways.

Plucked stringed instrument, usually almond shaped, with a flat back and a fretted fingerboard. It originated about 1500, is easy to play, and was a popular alternative to the lute. Larger forms include the bandurria and the orpharion. It was superseded in the 19th century by the guitar.
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It chanced that out of one of the bundles there stuck the end of what the clerk saw to be a cittern, so drawing it forth, he tuned it up and twanged a harmony to the merry lilt which the dancers played.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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