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	crwth
		Crwth is the Welsh name for this instrument.
		The crwth evolved as a member of the lyre family.
		The Taylor crwth is tuned to an open G in octave pairs.
	www.taylorviolins.com /crwth_page.html (205 words)

	Crwth
		The crwth is a stringed musical instrument, a type of medieval bowed lyre associated particularly with Wales, although played more widely in Europe.
		A small number of modern reconstructions of the crwth have been made and there are a handful of musicians reviving the tradition of playing this instrument.
		The repertoire of surviving crwth tunes is very small, although many other traditional tunes can be adapted for the instrument and new tunes are being written for it.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/cr/Crwth.html (285 words)

	Crowd - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Welsh crwth, which survived until the end of the 18th century, is best represented by a specimen of that date preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, and described and illustrated by Carl Engel.' The instrument consists of a rectangular sound-chest 22 in.
		have based an illogical claim that the crwth, or rather chrotta or rotta, mentioned by Venantius Fortunatus as a British instrument, was the Welsh crwth as it was known in the 18th century, and was the earliest bowed instrument, and therefore the ancestor of the violin.
		The crwth, crowd, crouth did not undergo this third transition even when the bow was used to set the strings in vibration.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Crowd (1108 words)

	crwth
		The two crwths I use were both constructed by Tim Hobrough during the 1980's.
		The second crwth, the Square Crwth, was built with reference to certain extant originals from the 18th century, such as those illustrated above, albeit modified slightly to suit my own playing requirements which varies from age to age as an examination of the bridge below will testify.
		Also clear from this image is one of the more celebrated features of the Welsh crwth bridge, which has the treble foot resting on the top of the instrument whilst the bass foot passes through the sound-hole to rest on the back.
	www.sedayne.co.uk /crwth.html (420 words)

	crwth.info
		the crwth with its range of about an octave was unable to compete, and ceased to be played around the beginning of the nineteenth century.
		there are three surviving eighteenth-century crwths which are kept in the national library of wales, aberystwyth, the museum of welsh life, st fagans, cardiff, and warrington museum.
		yn ogystal a gwaith unawd mae hi'n canu crwth a ffidil gyda'r bandiau cymraeg fernhill a pigyn clust ac yn sioe chwedleua ganthrig bwt.
	www.btinternet.com /~ceri.matho/index.html/crwth/index.html (1413 words)

	Cwrth
		The crwth is an archaic stringed musical instrument, bearing a clear resemblance to the classical lyre, with the addition of a bow.
		One feature of the crwth is that one side of the bridge goes through a soundhole and rests on the back of the instrument.
		The crwth can be played on the shoulder like a violin, between the knees like a cello, or held vertically against the chest, supported with a strap around the player's neck.
	www.music4musicians.com /cwrth.htm (293 words)

	Crwth
		The lyre is the ancestor of the crwth.
		When the bow reached Europe (certainly by the 11th century), all the elements of the crwth were gathered together.
		A player may bear against the frame of the crwth with the outer edge of the left hand while the left thumb is plucking the lateral strings, so gaining extra stability.
	www.bragod.com /bragod2.html (470 words)

	crwth
		CRwTH was the name for an Welsh folk string instrument.
		CRwTH is a project launched by French composer François Sarhan.
		CRwTH is made of multi-instrument players, coming from all over Europe (from France to Makedonia) who want to make modern music attractive through a lively performing dimension too rarely present on stage today.
	fsarhan.net /crwth.htm (228 words)

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