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The cetera or cetara is a plucked string instrument played in Corsica. It has sixteen, or sometimes eighteen, metal strings, running in paired courses,cite-ref-viala1842-1-0[1] with a body similar to the mandolin, but larger, and is plucked with a plectrum made of horn or tortoiseshell.cite-ref-gregorovius1855-2-0[2]

The Italian term also occurs in historical sources and usually interpreted to indicate a musical instrument of the cittern family.

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• Cetra

• Cittern

• Roland Ferrandi

cite-note-viala1842-11. ↑ citerefsalvatore-viala1842Salvatore VIALA (1842). Dionomachia; poemetto eroi-comico. Terza edizione, ricorretta. pp. 90–.

cite-note-gregorovius1855-22. ↑ citerefferdinand-gregorovius1855Ferdinand Gregorovius (1855). Corsica in Its Picturesque, Social, and Historical Aspects: The Record of a Tour in the Summer of 1852. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. pp. 276–.

• Cetara at The Stringed Instrument Database