Colonial american instruments

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Instrumentsof

Colonial America

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FIFE

•Small transverse flute

•Played by males

•Used in military

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Fife and Drum CorpsColonial Willamsburg

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CITTERN: ENGLISH GUITAR

•10 strings

•Tuned to an open C chord

•Played by women

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BAROQUEGUITAR

•Forerunner of modern guitar

•10 strings

•Tuned like modern guitar without the low E

•Played mostly by women

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The Baroque Guitar

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HARPSICHORD

•Keyboard - forerunner of piano

•Keys operate a mechanism that plucks the

strings

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HarpsichordMusic by Buxtehude

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