gittern

The main difference was that the gittern produced a more powerful and crystal-clear sound than its counterpart. This was because it was built using high-quality, expensive materials. The history of guitars is a rich, interesting one.

In the Middle Ages, gitterns were used as plectrum instruments, probably for playing top parts in polyphony since they didn't have much lower range.

gittern, either of two medieval stringed musical instruments, the guitarra latina and the guitarra morisca. The latter was also known as the guitarra saracenica. The guitarra latina, an ancestor of the modern guitar, usually had four strings and was plucked with a plectrum.

While they may look quite similar, the gittern and lute are distinguishable in three ways: The backs of lutes were made of several ribs glued together, with a separate neck; whereas the bowl of the whole gittern, including the neck, was carved from a solid piece of wood.

Most gitterns were depicted as having three or (more commonly) four courses of double strings. There are also references to some five course gitterns in the 16th century.

It originated some time in the 13th century, and had largely died out by the end of the 15th century. It resembles a small lute, but its body is carved from the solid. My gitterns are based on a surviving example in the Wartburg museum, by Hans Oth of Nuremberg, dated circa 1450.

The gittern often appeared during the 14th to early 15th century in the inventories of several courts. Charles V of France's court recorded four, including one of ivory, while the Italian courts of Este and Ferrara recorded the hiring of gittern (chitarra) masters.

Depending on the type of the lute strings, the sound can be crisper and brighter than the modern guitar. The most obvious difference between the lute and the guitar is the pear-shaped body of the lute, which is produced by gluing ribs of wood together and then gluing the soundboard on top.

The gittern was a common medieval instrument. It originated some time in the 13th century, and had largely died out by the end of the 15th century. It resembles a small lute, but its body is carved from the solid.

The foundation of the modern classical guitar starts with the invention of the baroque guitar. The baroque guitar was invented in Spain in the sixteenth century and was a popular instrument through the eighteenth century, not only there but also in France and Italy.

Gittern is a derived word from guitar and this, same time, from greek kitara. It names a plucked chordophone of the short-neck lutes family, vastly represented during the Middle Ages in stone carvings as well as in beautiful paintings by authors like Jaume Serra, Juan Oliver or Simone Martini.

The Roosebeck lute-guitar is an attractive and lightweight instrument of a similar size and scale to a standard classical guitar but with a body like a lute.