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gittern

Medieval guitar with four strings, played with a plectrum. It survived in England until around 1400; the term was then applied to other members of the guitar family in the 16th–17th centuries.



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4) focuses on the role of the gentry as patrons and performers, especially on fashionable instruments like virginals, lutes, gitterns, and bandoras.
Paying the Piper: Music in Pre-1642 Cheshire by Pollack, Janet / Renaissance Quarterly
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