Rob MacKillop wrote: > Thanks Frank, > > I don't think the cittern was so anachronistic during the mid 17th century.
I know, and it's definitely a topic I'd love to learn more about. I was referring to diatonic citterns, not to citterns in general. I've had the impression diatonic fretting was gradually replaced by chromatic towards the end of the 16th century and all but gone around 1700. Then again, even if my assumption is correct, I suppose there were plenty of old diatonic ones still in use well into the 1700s. Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com http://www.tablatvre.com http://www.mandolin-player.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
