chitarrone

[ kee-tuh-roh-ney; Italian kee-tahr-raw-ne ]

/ ˌki təˈroʊ neɪ; Italian ˌki tɑrˈrɔ nɛ /

an early musical stringed instrument of the lute family with a long neck and two pegboxes, one above the other.

Origin of chitarrone

1730–40; < Italian, augmentative of chitarra < Greek kithára lyre

chishtiya, chisimaio, chit, chita, chital, chitarrone, chitchat, chitin, chitlin circuit, chitlings, chiton

A chitarrone, with marquetry and three ornamented sound-holes; made by M. Bueckenberg, in Rome, anno 1614.

Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) |Carl Engel
Monteverde employed still another variety of the lute in his orchestra, called the Chitarrone, whence our word guitar.

A Popular History of the Art of Music |W. S. B. Mathews
The orchestra consisted of one lira doppia, one clavicembalo, one chitarrone and two flutes.

A Popular History of the Art of Music |W. S. B. Mathews
The chitarrone was formerly called Roman theorbo, because it was principally used at Rome.

Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) |Carl Engel

There was also an archlute, which in its largest form—six feet in height—was known as the chitarrone.

Springtime and Other Essays |Francis Darwin

chitarrone

/ (ˌkɪtɑːˈrəʊnɪ, ˌtʃɪt-) /

a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy

Italian, from chitarra, from Greek kithara lyre