CassanaApparently it's "Uncommon #MusicalInstrument awareness day", so I'll throw in a #cithara. Now, you may be thinking: "Hey, those were pretty common back in #antiquity, and used by the rock stars of the #AncientGreek and #Roman musical worlds."
Well, yes. But… This is an experimental #reconstruction based on the mysterious and wonderful Baratti silver amphora (4th century AD), which features 132 oval medallions (BTW, mysterious, because nobody can figure out how these were attached) depicting scenes of feasting and #music making, including Apollo holding the cithara. The #instrument has 7 strings, but rather unusually has the soundbox at the front; the strings run from the yoke, between the arms, into the soundbox, in which the bridge sits, before exiting via small holes where they are tied off. I've not seen any others like this (photos in next post).
Here's a sound clip of me playing the cithara.
What uncommon musical instruments dwell under your roof?
Well, yes. But… This is an experimental #reconstruction based on the mysterious and wonderful Baratti silver amphora (4th century AD), which features 132 oval medallions (BTW, mysterious, because nobody can figure out how these were attached) depicting scenes of feasting and #music making, including Apollo holding the cithara. The #instrument has 7 strings, but rather unusually has the soundbox at the front; the strings run from the yoke, between the arms, into the soundbox, in which the bridge sits, before exiting via small holes where they are tied off. I've not seen any others like this (photos in next post).
Here's a sound clip of me playing the cithara.
What uncommon musical instruments dwell under your roof?
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