[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > The more instruments I've seen travelling around the more I see just how > varied instruments were in terms of size, shape, number of strings, > tunings, and quality of construction. For years I've been advocating a > chronological and zig-zag history for the cittern, similar to that of the > guitar. I think the separation between early citterns and the so-called > English guittar was perpetrated in great part by the Grove dictionary. The > writers there consistently insist that the English guittar is not a > cittern; I've never found their argument convincing (in part because thy > don't really say why). > > > > I'll stop before I start ranting... > > > > Doc Rossi > > > I'm nor sure what you are ranting about. If it's connected with what I wrote, I think I simply talked about different kinds of cittern and the history of that instrument.
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