1592954201000 1312632483000 term-93892 1616541523163 1312632594000 1616290486553 adlib fitz-online adlib-term-93892 d85a5ed5-f5fd-3bb5-998f-29a9dac5fe1a 2 1 scope note European wire-strung plucked lutelike chordophones played with a plectrum, very popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, having a wedge-shaped body with a curved bottom and straight shoulders narrowing towards the neck, and a low flat bridge held in position only by the strings it supports. Their most characteristic feature is a long, fretted neck which is half cut away from behind the fingerboard on the bass side, making a channel along which the player's left thumb can slide to facilitate very rapid shifts to and from high positions. reference term-93627 adlib-term-93627 65e9f2be-1ff5-3d19-99a6-78fcf0b66ba5 cittern V.TT.AFU.ALO.AXC.ALO.ALO.BCW 1 code V.TT.AFU.ALO.AXC.ALO.ALO.BCW 1 citterns reference term-93692 adlib-term-93692 7b335844-dc0e-3e77-8fc2-ced209d58493 <lutelike chordophones with long neck: plucked> citterns term