Chrotta
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title:
Chrotta
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The charota, is a musical instrument played in Ireland, whose exact description is contested. According to Irish historian Gratton Flood, it was a small harp played with a bow. The instrument could be rested on knees or on a table. Flood notes that the historian Gerbert had described the charota as an oblong instrument with six strings, four of which on a fingerboard and two off of it. Historian Carl Engel noted that a 6th-century CE Italian writer, Venantius Fortunatus, had mentioned the "Charo
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Contested Irish instrument
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrotta
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2023-11-20T12:29:05Z
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