Boys of Blue Hill, Harvest Home
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I have one of these critters, mine has the same scale length as a bouzouki, I have it tuned in 5ths, D_A_E_B_F# bought mine at Lark in The Morning, larkinam.com I use mine for country and bluegrass, everywhere I go people ask what is it? I especially like the huge tonal range it has.
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I really like the sound and the playing, great job, thanks for posting
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Does Harvest Home have a different name? I remember hearing a tune here in Newfoundland that sounds quite similar, but the name was different.
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@chirpy36 The Cittern, if I am correct evolved from a three stringed instrument from the region which is now Iran, and came to England during the middle ages and became very popular. A common insult of the time was to call someone a cittern head :)
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Jayzus and I thought that was an Irish tune!!
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Sounds really great! :) Your instrument has a lovely tone and I really like your playing! I love to play along with my tenor banjo!
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so what would be the difference between a citern and say a bouzouki / mandola? it looks like its exactly the same shape, build and amount of strings.
is it tuned GDAE like mandolin/fiddle?
finbarmaginn 7 months ago
@finbarmaginn
The cittern has 10 strings and a shorter scale length than the bouzouki and usually a larger body than both mandola and bouzouki. It can be tuned many ways but this one is tuned GDGDG.
forbesbell 6 months ago
Top playing dude! I love the sound of the cittern - never even heard of it before I'd seen your videos... is it a Northumbrian instrument do you know?
chirpy36 9 months ago
@chirpy36
The modern cittern was developed by a man called Stefan Sobel, who lives in Northumberland. He is credited with making the first 10 string and naming it Cittern. The medieval cittern is a different beast all together.
forbesbell 6 months ago
Really nice, you play exceptionally well, thanks for posting. I drove through Northumberland in the summer...beautiful. I'm from border reiver stock and this music is in my blood i think! Thanks again.
KingMilesTagoyet 1 year ago
@KingMilesTagoyet
I bet you had a lump in your throat. Thanks for your comments.
forbesbell 1 year ago