German style of cittern, a plucked string instrument
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Waldzither
Hamburg waldzither
String instrument
Classification
String instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
321.322 (necked box lute)
Developed
Germany
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 in five courses. Different types of waldzither come in different tunings, which are generally open tunings as usual in citterns. The most Common Tuning for the Waldzither is Open C (C3, G3, C4, E4, G4) which is the same tuning as a Banjeaurine (or a 5 string Banjo with a Capo on the 5th fret) except that the 5th string is 2 Octaves lower than on the Banjeaurine.
Producers of the waldzither attempted to establish it as a national instrument of Germany in the first half of the 20th century, when more complicated instruments were hard to get and to afford. Martin Luther was popularly said to have played a similar cittern at the Wartburg.[1][2]
^"Waldzither - Bibliography of the 19th century". Studia Instrumentorum. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
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