. Musical instruments . Illl. 45.—IJrlNI 1KNA. OK ClIIIIUNA. IllSClibcil |( IlLlki in IlambiirH, i5,>j, iit nl lalir .?5 i ill., W. yj in. Xd. (hj. \ictoria aiiil All)Lit ./i. —Ci niKK. G( riiiiiii. Ivml ul 171I1 ri ntui y. ;\l). ?.?m :2. \i(;;i .111(1 All>i rl iiui. 109 the i8th century is enormous. Germany alone contributedabove fifty. The guitar was a fashionable instrument in England, playedby ladies, in the time of Charles II. On the Continent itgenerally had ten catgut strings, of which two were alwaystu
. Musical instruments . Illl. 45.—IJrlNI 1KNA. OK ClIIIIUNA. IllSClibcil |( IlLlki in IlambiirH, i5,>j, iit nl lalir .?5 i ill., W. yj in. Xd. (hj. \ictoria aiiil All)Lit ./i. —Ci niKK. G( riiiiiii. Ivml ul 171I1 ri ntui y. ;\l). ?.?m :2. \i(;;i .111(1 All>i rl iiui. 109 the i8th century is enormous. Germany alone contributedabove fifty. The guitar was a fashionable instrument in England, playedby ladies, in the time of Charles II. On the Continent itgenerally had ten catgut strings, of which two were alwaystuned in unison. At the present day it hiis six strings, thetwo of which are of silk covered with silver wire, and theothers are of catgut. A species of guitar is the qiiinierna, or chiferna, somewhatresembling a violin in shape (Fig. 45). It was used about twocenturies ago, especially in Italy, by the lower orders ofmusicians and comedians for accompanying their vocalperformances. It was pla^-ed with the fingers instead of aplectrum. The cithern, cittern, or cither (Fig. 46), which during thesixteenth and seventeenth centuries was a popular instrumentin England, where it was often played in the barbe
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