Actually, there is one more thing about that anglo-centric view I
mentioned and that is the name English guitar, which I find rather
inappropriate, and which forces us to use other adjectives like Scottish or
Polish, etc. I can see that this type of classification might be useful in
a certain way,
I agree with Doc. I've never considered the guitar to be anything other
than a cittern, albeit a strange one!
Rob
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I agree with Doc. I've never considered the guitar to be anything other
than a cittern, albeit a strange one!
Rob
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I agree with Doc. I've never considered the guitar to be anything other
than a cittern, albeit a strange one
devoted solely to the instrument.
Rob
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than
Dear Stuart and All:
Could this Zacher instrument have been an older, 17th-century cittern that
was converted by the addition of a new neck and bridge? Or does it appear
to have been entirely constructed in the 18th century?
Cheers,
Jim
It looks like an eighteenth century cittern
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Dear Stuart and All:
Could this Zacher instrument have been an older, 17th-century cittern that
was converted by the addition of a new neck and bridge? Or does it appear
to have been entirely constructed in the 18th century?
Cheers,
Jim
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