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Eight-string Irish cittern



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This particular page was created 07/01/2005 and last updated 17/05/2005
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    Data:
  • Body shape: Lute
  • Top: Flat
  • Back: Flat
  • Frets: Fixed
  • Strings: 8
  • Courses: 4 ( 2 - 2 - 2 - 2)
  • Scale: 508 - 660 mm
How do I put this?
Well... I mean...

An eight-string Irish cittern is any big mando used in Irish/Celtic music that isn't a tenor mandola or a bouzouki, OK?

Yes, I know, and I really am sorry,. But there just doesn't seem to be any better definition than that.

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