English guitar

English guitar the It. form of cittern introduced ca. 1750 into England, where it became extremely pop. and was known as English guitar, cetra, or citra. Although it was similar in appearance to the cittern, the body was deeper, the fixed frets fewer, the neck terminated in a sickle head or in a flat, fan-shaped tuning device with machine screws, and the tuning was changed. Its 6 courses consisted of 2 single metal strings and 4 pairs of metal strings tuned c0 e0 g0 c1 e1 g1. Some makers added…