<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">citterns</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>orpharions</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>English guitars</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>archcitterns</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>lutelike chordophones with long neck: plucked</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>ceteras</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cisters</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cistres</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cithern</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>citherns</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cithrens</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cittern</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cittharn</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cittharns</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ European wire-strung plucked lutelike chordophones played with a plectrum, very popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, having a wedge-shaped body with a curved bottom and straight shoulders narrowing towards the neck, and a low flat bridge held in position only by the strings it supports. Their most characteristic feature is a long, fretted neck which is half cut away from behind the fingerboard on the bass side, making a channel along which the player's left thumb can slide to facilitate very rapid shifts to and from high positions. ]]></note></mads>