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The hurdy-gurdy- Instead of playing the instruments with a bow the instrument replaced it with a string attached to a wheel.
- He Viol – Were played on the lap or between legs with a
bow.
- The Lute was the most popular instrument
of the Elizabethan Era. Played by most musicians.
- Chittarone – A tall lute up to 6 feet
tall
- Cittern or Gittern – Bases of a modern
guitar.
- Known for steady rhythm and its polyphony
- William Byrd favored composers by Queen Elizabeth, wrote church consul and vocal music.
- By knowing the music of the century, while reading the music one could in his mind be playing the music making a better reading
experience.