Building a Medieval Citole - Part 1 of 2
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- After making a lyre for my first musical instrument build (uploaded on my channel as a short video), I decided to raise the bar and make a medieval stringed instrument called a citole. en.wikipedia.o...
I found the citole intriguing because it's similar enough to a guitar to be somewhat familiar, but the passage of time also makes some design elements feel a little strange and exotic to me.
The construction of this instrument is more complicated than my last project by several orders of magnitude. For many of the techniques and construction methods shown here, I've never tried them prior to this.
With the lute and its cohorts becoming more popular, citoles had fallen out of fashion by 1500 CE. There are no unaltered surviving examples from the medieval period. There are no known manuals for instrument making from this time, so all modern citoles are designed based on analyses of medieval art and iconography. As noted in the video, this is not an attempt at recreating an historically accurate instrument.
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I tell my guitar building students "As long as you don't throw it out in the street and fix it somehow, you win! Nice job!
@@peterjames2580 Glad you enjoyed it!
This was a fun watch, there is something very satisfying about seeing joins neatly trimmed. I hope you survive part two, it sounds pretty grim. ;) As one who is still new to making videos of woodworking, I found having to read the subtitles took my eyes away from the process too often. I am told that a lot of people, especially younger generations, prefer subtitles so I guess you can't please 'em all. Have you considered doing a voice-over as well? Regardless, I look forward to part two.
Yeah, that something that two other people mentioned yesterday about the subtitles. Reading them draws your eye from the action on screen.
First I was concerned that voiceover may be too distracting, but it seems like the better option, all things considered. As long as I don’t talk like a Wrestle-Mania announcer, I should probably be fine.
Thank you for the feedback!