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.. thanks! --- Doc Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some information about traditional music in Corsica > here: > > http://www.corsica-isula.com/music.htm > > Scroll down for cetera. > > Here's an article from > http://members.aol.com/ROBECCHI/ > eng.instruments.htm > I don't post this as gospel truth, just for your > reading pleasure. > > Cetera cithern / cittern / cetara / citara / cetra / > cetula / cedra / > archicithern / archicittern / cittern-theorb / > cithern-theorb. Lute > used in Europe. Origin : Tuscany. > > The Cetera (cithern) is a flat body instrument and > belongs to the > lute family, round shaped, with metal strings, > close to the 16th > century Italian "chitarrone". The large fingerboard > has 18 positions. > It was played with a feather in England in the 18th > century > ( instrument N°183 at the Museum of the Conservatory > of Paris) The > first french cithern has 11 strings: 3 series of > tripled strings > tuned (D-C-G-A) + a last couple of strings. In > Italy, there are > citherns with 6 doubled strings (A-G-C-E-F-D), 9 > doubled strings or > 10 doubled strings (for a total of 20 strings). > > There are citherns with varied and queer shapes, > including extra bass- > strings played aside from the fingerboard > (archicithern -archicittern). > > Today the cetera / cetara / / cetula / mauresque > guitar (corsican > popular cittern / cithern) is very popular in > Corsica with the re- > discovery of Felix Quilicis researches in > ethnomusicology. The > instrument is now frequently played in the > classical, contemporary > and folk corsican music (renowned corsican bands > such as A Filetta, > Tavagna, Caramusa...). The practice of the > instrument is now taught > at the "Phonothèque of the Musée de la Corse " > (Anthropology Museum > of Corsica) in Corti. The corsican cithern named > cetera or cetara was > popular in all the italian peninsula during the > XIXth century but the > original shape of the instrument dates back to the > XIth century. The > best concert cetera have been manufactured since > 1991 by Christian > Magdeleine, born in 1963 (above photo). Others > manufacturers in > Corsica are M. Buresi and Formentelli. This corsican > cithern locally > called cetara or cetera (from the tuscan name) has > 16 strings tuned > two by two in each degree of the minor mode scale. > The cetera is made > of different woods suc as laricio Pine (table of the > body), maple > (neck)... > > Performers: Barnardu Pazzoni, Corsica - Ghjuseppu > Figarelli, Corsica > - Daniel Natalini, Corsica - Micheli Raffaelli, > Corsica - Nandu > Acquaviva, Corsica - > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
