Definition of Orpharion. Meaning of Orpharion. Synonyms of Orpharion

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Definition of Orpharion

Orpharion
Orpharion Or*pha"ri*on, n. (Mus.) An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt also orpheoreon.]

Meaning of Orpharion from wikipedia

- The orpharion (/ˌɔːrfəˈraɪən/ or /ɔːrˈfæriən/) or opherion /ɒˈfɪəriən/ is a plucked stringed instrument from the Renaissance, a member of the cittern...
- remained po****r for over a century. A somewhat smaller version was the orpharion. The bandora is frequently one of the two b**** instruments in a broken...
- flourished around 1600. He taught and wrote music for lute, cittern, orpharion, bandora, viol, and voice. Very little is known about Robinson's life...
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- hurdy-gurdy, the lute, the guitar, the cittern, the bandora, and the orpharion. Keyboard instruments with strings included the harpsichord and the clavichord...
- might be more ergonomic. Fanned frets first appeared on the 16th-century Orpharion, a variant of the cittern, tuned like a lute. John Starrett revived the...
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- House. The Tollemaches of Helmingham own one of the only two English Orpharion viols. Their instrument is dated 1580 and bears the label of John Rose...