The waldzither (German: "forest zither") is a plucked string instrument from Germany. It is a type of cittern that has nine (sometimes ten) steel strings...
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names Waldzither and Lutherzither. The last name comes from the belief that Martin Luther played this instrument. Also, the names Thüringer Waldzither in...
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The instrument is also related to the Portuguese guitar and the German waldzither. Early examples had tuning pegs (similar to a violin or lute), but many...
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Viola da Terceira (Azores) Viola toeira (Portugal) Walaycho (the Andes) Waldzither (Germany) Yaybahar Yueqin (China) Zheng (China) Zhongruan (China) Zhu...
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include the 6-course/12-string Portuguese guitar and the 5-course/9-string waldzither. The mandocello is classically tuned to an octave plus a fifth below the...
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Deutsche seine Laute, die Waldzither, welche schon von Dr. Martin Luther auf der Wartburg im Thüringer Walde (daher der Name Waldzither) gepflegt wurde, zu...
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happened to accompany his sung hymns with a lute, later recreated as the waldzither that became a national instrument of Germany in the 20th century. Wolfgang...
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a researcher living near Munich, Germany. She is a specialist in the waldzither, a German form of the cittern, and has been instrumental in the recent...
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stringed instruments Walaycho chordophones 321.321-5 stringed instruments Waldzither chordophones 321.322 Germany stringed instruments Washtub bass chordophones...
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The tuning mechanism was also used on the German cittern known as the waldzither, and is associated with the early-20th-century instruments built by C...
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in five courses and is tuned: G2, D3 D3, G3 G3, B3 B3, D4 D4. Cittern Waldzither Portuguese guitar English guitar The Stringed Instrument Database Halszither...
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20th century.: 151 The name German lute is sometimes also used for the waldzither, for both gaining the status of a national instrument in the early 20th...
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Deutsche seine Laute, die Waldzither, welche schon von Dr. Martin Luther auf der Wartburg im Thüringer Walde (daher der Name Waldzither) gepflegt wurde, zu...
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tuning is thought to have been derived from the baroque cittern of the Waldzither type. According to the historical article by Valerian Rusanov, "there...
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Swiss composer and sound artist Martina Rosenberger, specialist in the waldzither Otto August Rosenberger (1800–1890), German astronomer Waldemar Rosenberger...
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60. "The Swedish Lute 1". www.tabulatura.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24. Waldzither Tuning Bass guitar tunings Guitar tunings Plucked string instrument list...
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Stuart Duncan – fretless banjo (track 2), fiddle (tracks 6, 8 and 10), Waldzither zither (track 2) Ben Sollee – cello (tracks 2, 5 and 9) Tim Lauer – piano...
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instruments List Modern descendants Corsican Cetera Portuguese guitar Waldzither Bowed Crwth Guitar fiddle Rebec Vielle Plucked Cetra Cithara Cittern Cythara...
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as well. Three possible descendant instrument are the English guitar, Waldzither, Portuguese guitar and the Corsican Cetera, all types of cittern. The...
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vocals, guitar, bouzouki, bodhrán Andy Irvine – mandolin, harmonica, waldzither, dulcimer, bouzouki and vocals Barry Moore (Luka Bloom) – guitar and vocals...
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twelve-stringed, arranged in six courses viol 321.322-71 violin 321.322-71 waldzither Germany 321.322 mandola-like lute with nine steel strings yueqin moon...
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