> Now it is supposed that there has been a soprano (chitarrino) and a bass > (chitarrone). Meucci shows one anonymous painting of a player with an > instrument that looks like a four course lute, which he thinks may be a > 'chitarra comune'. The problem with these instruments is that there seems > to > be no repertoire left at all. They probably have not been too successful. > > From the research of Lynda Sayce I understand that the chitarrone started > as > a modified (bass) lute. The interesting thing is that iconography suggests > that some chitarrini may have had single strings, like the > chitarrone/tiorba > sometimes had. I wonder if the fact that 'chitarrone' means 'large > chitarra' > could have anything to do with that. Considering how instruments are built > however the chitarrone could well be a descendant of the lute. > > And of course there is the link with ancient mythology. Maybe the > chitarrone > is indeed a 'big kithara', rather than a 'big chitarra' (or 'big kuitra')? > > L. Chitarrone is the decendant of both, because they are the one, a decendant of Roman era lutes. RT
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