Kithara - Wikipedia The kithara (Greek: κιθάρα, romanized: kithára), Latinized as cithara, was an ancient Greek musical instrument in the yoke lutes family It was a seven-stringed professional version of the lyre, which was regarded as a rustic, or folk instrument, appropriate for teaching music to beginners
Kithara | Ancient Greece, Lyre, Strings | Britannica In Latin writings of early Christian Europe, “cithara” often referred to the harp as well as to surviving forms of the lyre Many instrument names derive from the word kithara—among them guitar, cittern, and zither
CITHARA Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of CITHARA is an ancient Greek stringed instrument similar to but larger than the lyre and having a box-shaped resonator
Kithara - World History Encyclopedia The kithara (guitar) was a stringed musical instrument, related to the lyre, played by the ancient Greeks and closely associated with the god Apollo, although in mythology its invention is attributed to Hermes who manufactured the instrument from a tortoise shell (chelys)
What Is the Kithara? History, Designs Sound The kithara is a professional stringed musical instrument from ancient Greece, classified as a type of lyre but significantly more complex and refined It belongs to the chordophone family, meaning it produces sound through vibrating strings stretched between fixed points
Cithara - Encyclopedia CITHARA (Assyrian chetarah; Gr KtOapa; Lat cithara; perhaps Heb kinura, kinnor), one of the most ancient stringed instruments, traced back to 1700 B C among the Semitic races, in Egypt, Assyria, Asia Minor, Greece and the Roman empire, whence the use of it spread over Europe
The Kithara in Ancient Greece - The Metropolitan Museum of Art The kithara, an instrument of the lyre family, had seven strings of equal length and a solidly built, wooden body, usually with a flat base Strings of gut or sinew were stretched from a holder at the base of the instrument over a bridge to the crossbar that joined the two sidepieces
cithara - Wiktionary, the free dictionary cithara (plural citharas or citharai or citharae or (archaic) citharæ) (music) An ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar