Gittern is a descendant of guitar.
As nouns the difference between guitar and gittern
is that guitar is a stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick) while gittern is a relatively small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, a predecessor of the guitar, that originated around the 13th century and came to Europe via Moorish Spain.
As verbs the difference between guitar and gittern
is that guitar is to play the guitar while gittern is to play on the gittern.
guitar
Noun
(
en noun)
A stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
Synonyms
* axe (slang)
* gat (New Zealand slang)
Derived terms
* acoustic guitar
* air guitar
* bass guitar
* electric guitar
* guitarist
* guitarfish
* harpguitar
* lead guitar
* moon guitar
* rhythm guitar
Verb
(
en verb)
(rare) To play the guitar.
See also
* banjo
* bass
* mandolin
* sitar
* ukulele
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gittern
Noun
(
en noun)
A relatively small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, a predecessor of the guitar, that originated around the 13th century and came to Europe via Moorish Spain.
Verb
(
en verb)
To play on the gittern.
- (Milton)
Related terms
* cither, cittern, zittern
