>> > Like I said, I've read Meucci's article. The trouble is that >> > iconography >> > doesn't say 'this is a chitarra Italiana'. >> Surely it does. A 3-4course lute-shaped axe that looks like KUITRA looks >> pretty obvious to me. >> RT > > It seems no more than a guess that this was the instrument that Millioni > had > in mind. The chitarrino overo chitarra Italiana, in guitar tuning. I also > think that is likely that there were lute-shaped instruments that were > sometimes called chitarra or chitarra Italiana or -Napoletana. The > question > is if this title was used sometimes for other four-course (guitar shaped > and > differently tuned) instruments as well. > > Lex Probably. In Ukraine a 5-course guitar was called a BANDURA, but there is no question what real bandura was. RT
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