Chicotén

Chicotén folk zither of Aragon, a *tambourin à cordes, with 6 coarse-gut strings that are struck with a stick. The fingerboard is fretted. It is usually played together with a one-hand flute. In the Basque country it is called tambourin. Cf. salterio (57, 165). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Donostia, José Antonio de, and Tomás, Juan. “Instrumentos de música popular española,” in Anuario musical, Vol. 2. Barcelona, 1947. Ricart-Matas, J. Personal communication.