Links for Cittern list related pages

URL's for cittern, bouzouki, octave mandolin or mandola related pages. Mainly members of the Cittern mailing list who revealed their homepages in the signature files of their postings. Some I found while surfing, some people asked me for inclusion, and so can you. Contact me at: info@cittern.xs4all.nl or sign the guestbook.

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launch 180 and the Letter G Home Page
launch ABC tune of the month
launch Acoustic Connections
launch Alistair Russel
launch new Andy Irvine, China to Galway
launch ART EDELSTEIN'S HOMEPAGE
launch new Banshee in the Kitchen
launch Banwarth sur le ouaib !
launch Bert Deivert
launch Bill Bussmann's Handcrafted Mandolin Family Instruments
launch Bouzouki & Cittern Commentary
launch Bouzouki Chords
launch Bruce Johnson's Home Page
launch CelticMusic.Com - The Home of Celtic Music on the Internet
launch Chris Smith Home Page
launch Cistre/bouzouki/Octave Mandoline
launch Cittern & Mandolin
launch Craobh Rua
launch Croppies Home Page
launch David Kilpatrick music and guitar page
launch Davy Stuart - mandolins, bouzoukis, mandolas, citterns, guitars, bodhrans. Hand-crafted in NZ
launch Distant Shores: Traditional Irish music
launch new Doc Rossi ~ Cittern
launch Dusty Strings
launch FELPEYU
launch Fisher Music Homepage
launch Gerald Trimble
launch new Graham McDonald Stringed Instruments
launch Green man Humming Productions
launch Han's Irish Bouzouki Homepage
launch new Irish bouzouki
launch Just Plain Folk
launch Kennaquhair Stringed Instruments
launch new Klickstarter welcome
launch Les Membres de Meuriad
launch Little blue Men Records/Beth Patterson
launch Michael and Linda Eskin's Homepage
launch Music by Slainte
launch Newberg Music Center
launch P.W. Crump Co. - Irish Bouzouki, Cittern, Octave Mandolin, Guitar
launch new Phill Kearney Luthier
launch PHOENIX
launch new Renovata Cythara - The Renaissance Cittern Page
launch Robin Bullock - Multi-instrumental Celtic/Folk string wizard
launch Roger Landes
launch Stephen Owsley Smith Home Page
launch new Steve Wishnevsky's Home Page
launch Telynor Home Page
launch Terra Nova, World Folk Music
launch Terry Blankenship's official Web site
launch The Celtic Notsite
launch The Kitchen Musician's Hammered Dulcimer Site
launch The Lash: Celtic Mayhem from America!
launch The Miserable Few Homepage
launch The Session
launch tradmusic.com is a traditional, folk music resource
launch Trillium Octave Mandolins
launch Welcome to Crocket Design and Friends
launch Welcome to the Homepage of Phil Floyd
launch Zookman Funnies


180 and the Letter G Home Page http://www.celticmusic.com/180.html
Picture of List member and Cittern player Dan Beimborn with his (now disbanded) group.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Dan Beimborn | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 107 broken

ABC tune of the month http://www.cranfordpub.com/tunes/abcs/index.htm
Site of Wil Macaulay. No cittern here, but good stuff for ABC, especially Cape Breton tunes. New URL. Also: http://www.geocities.com/w_macaulay/
Key: Citternlist;ABC | Author: Wil Macaulay | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 66 broken

Acoustic Connections http://www.acousticon.com/
Acoustic Connections (Michael Shanahan). No cittern content here. May be useful if you look for amplification for your instrument.
Key: Citternlist | Author: Michael Shanahan | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 16 broken

Alistair Russel http://www.alistairrussell.co.uk/
Homepage of Listmember and citternist Alistair Russel. With sound samples. New URL
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Alistair Russel | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 180 broken

Andy Irvine, China to Galway http://www.chinatogalway.com/
A tribute site for Andy Irvine and his bands, with lots of special material. Kieron himself is a nice fellow, who is the designer of the cover for the Citterns on Ice III CD and a long time member of the Cittern List, probably the only one in China.
Key: Citternlist;MIDI | Author: Kieron Seamons | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 657 broken

ART EDELSTEIN'S HOMEPAGE http://www.sover.net/~artedel/index.html
Art Edelstein. No cittern here, but much about fingerpicking and O'Carolan . Nice site, and Art does play the cittern. New URL
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Art Edelstein | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 19 broken

Banshee in the Kitchen http://www.bansheeinthekitchen.com/
Band featuring Cittern List member Mary Fewel Tulin on the cittern. New URL. Nice design, cool sound samples, some featuring a Brock cittern. Recently also with link to YouTube video's.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Mary Fewel Tulin | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 446 broken

Banwarth sur le ouaib ! http://banwarth.free.fr
Homepage of Jean Banwarth, on new location. Click on the English flag for English translation. A nice GDAE chord book is to be found here.
Key: Citternlist | Author: Jean Banwarth | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 14 broken

Bert Deivert http://www.deivert.com/
Bert Deivert. Plays with Christy Leary. Now Bert has his own domain name.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Bert Deivert | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 20 broken

Bill Bussmann's Handcrafted Mandolin Family Instruments http://www.zianet.com/bussmann/
Like the title says.
Key: Citternlist;maker | Author: Bill Bussmann | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 21 broken

Bouzouki & Cittern Commentary http://www.hornpipe.com/hp/bouzouki.htm
Prose by Dan Harmon, about his bouzouki's. Found with search engine.
Key: Citternlist | Author: Dan Harmon | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 70 broken

Bouzouki Chords http://www.angelfire.com/mi3/drumhilla/bouzouki_chords.html
Chords for Gdae tuning for bouzouki/Octave Mandolin. Only the ones you need to start, so very suitable for the beginner. Contains two soundfiles that show progressions with droning strings. Terry belonged to the Cittern List, I'm not sure if he made the transition to the eGroups. Gives a link to home-made bouzouki.
Key: Citternlist;maker | Author: Terry Bell | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 449 broken

Bruce Johnson's Home Page http://www.geocities.com/bbjfla/
Homepage of Bruce Johnson. Nice site! Bruce made a decent cittern out of a Lark in the Morning el cheapo. The pictures are thumbnails of good photographs. New URL.
Key: Citternlist | Author: Bruce Johnson | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 22 broken

CelticMusic.Com - The Home of Celtic Music on the Internet http://www.celticmusic.com/home.shtml
CelticMusic.Com - The Home of Celtic Music on the Internet. Among others: Roger Landes and Conny Dover, 180 and the letter G, Zan McLeod, Stephen Owsley Smith. Contains the Virtual tunebook, and an article by Roger Landes on modal harmony.
Key: Citternlist;Bands;sheet | Author: Dan Beimborn? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 25 broken

Chris Smith Home Page http://coyotebanjo.com/
Chris Smith Home Page. Author of recent book about Celtic Backup for stringed instruments. Lots of other tidbits to be found here. Relocates to: http://www.chrissmithmusic.com/ but that is in progress. Work address: http://www.indiana.edu/~smithcj/ Lots of interesting papers are here : http://www.geocities.com/coyotebanjo/instruction/
Key: Citternlist | Author: Chris Smith | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 26 broken

Cistre/bouzouki/Octave Mandoline http://cbom.free.fr/
Cittern List member from France. Some of it in French, but I'm sure you will find the treasures on offer here. Cours = tutorial, with moviefiles.
Key: Citternlist;MP3 | Author: Jonathan Tilly | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 650 broken

Cittern & Mandolin http://www.cittern.com/
The homepage of Mike Berro: mandolin, cittern, Andy Irvine. Host of the Citterns on ICE project (volumes I and II).
Key: Citternlist;linkspage | Author: Mike Berro | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 10 broken

Craobh Rua http://www.tradmusic.com/groupinfoa.asp?groupID=60
Irish group formerly featuring Aaron Jones on the bouzouki. Very good group!
Key: Citternlist | Author: Aaron Jones | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 412 broken

Croppies Home Page http://www.croppies.com/
Band of Cittern List member Paddy Smith. He plays a 10-string short-scale cittern, a mandolin with a lower extra course, that he calls a mandolinola. Soundbites are available from the site.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 229 broken

David Kilpatrick music and guitar page http://www.maxwellplace.demon.co.uk/pandemonium/guitars.html
Information about the older versions of the cittern, including soundbites
Key: Citternlist | Author: David Kilpatrick | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 478 broken

Davy Stuart - mandolins, bouzoukis, mandolas, citterns, guitars, bodhrans. Hand-crafted in NZ http://www.stuart.co.nz/
Celtic musical instruments - mandolins, bouzoukis, mandolas, citterns, guitars, bodhrans. Hand-crafted by New Zealand luthier. Beatiful instruments. The good stuff: the dollars on the pricelist are *NZ dollars*, so these instruments are a bargain! Interesting: Davy actually played/plays in famous bands. New URL.
Key: Citternlist;maker | Author: Davy Stuart | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 24 broken

Distant Shores: Traditional Irish music http://jef.perroy.free.fr/
Cittern List member Jef plays in this band and Open Road (http://jef.perroy.free.fr/)
Key: Bands;Citternlist | Author: Jef Perroy | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 476 broken

Doc Rossi ~ Cittern http://www.cetrapublishing.com/artists/rossi/doc.htm
Doc Rossi is a Cittern List member who has demonstrated great knowledge of early cittern. He is a very competent player, as is to be heard on the dowloadable mp3 files on the site. You can order a tutor for English Guittar (=cetera) here.
Key: Citternlist;MP3 | Author: Doc Rossi | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 654 broken

Dusty Strings http://www.dustystrings.com/
Home of Dusty Strings music shop, who sell many citterns, bouzouki's etc. Associated with Listmembers Ron Reed and John Peekstok. Go to http://www.dustystrings.com/shop/cittern_info.shtml for various bits of info on the cittern.
Key: Citternlist;shop | Author: John Peekstok? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 71 broken

FELPEYU http://www.felpeyu.com/
Homepage of Asturian band. Cittern List member Igor Medio plays the bouzouki. Really great music. Update: June 24th 2006 Rubén Bada emailed to the Cittern List: this morning, fellow list member and a best friend of mine, Igor Medio was killed in a car crash when he was on way to a gig with his band Felpeyu. Carlos, the guitar player was killed as well. the rest of the band is more or less all right, with minor injuries.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: FELPEYU | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 184 broken

Fisher Music Homepage http://www.fisherharps.com/
Homepage of Luthier Larry Allen Fisher
New URL
Key: Citternlist;maker | Author: Larry Allen Fisher | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 41 broken

Gerald Trimble http://www.geraldtrimble.com/
Gerald Trimble, a pioneer when it comes to using the cittern as a solo instrument. His CD First Flight is obligatory listening material for anyone seriously interested in the cittern. Must be the most played CD in my entire collection.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Gerald Trimble | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 62 broken

Graham McDonald Stringed Instruments http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com/
Homepage of Australian Luthier Graham McDonald. Check out his article on building Irish bouzouki's. Also the author of a book on cittern construction: The Bouzouki Book is a comprehensive workshop manual on building Irish bouzoukis and citterns, it leads the builder step by step through the procedures amd techniques involved in a building these instruments.
Key: Citternlist;maker | Author: Graham McDonald | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 33 broken

Green man Humming Productions http://www.greenmanhumming.com/
The homepage of Mark Fitzsimons. Electric Bouzouki, tunes in 7/8 measure, etc. Also: technical details about playing Celtic music on the cittern. Since October 1999 Marks hosts a FAQ for the Cittern list. And, a cool string tension calculator
Key: Citternlist;Software | Author: Mark Fitzsimons | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 13 broken

Han's Irish Bouzouki Homepage http://www.xs4all.nl/~hspeek/bouzouki/
The cittern/bouzouki/mandolin pages of Han Speek, owner of the Cittern mailing list. This is the mother of all bouzouki pages. Nice pictures, right-hand technique, and lots of chord charts. New URL since december 2001. And yet another!
Key: Citternlist;linkspage | Author: Han Speek | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 9 broken

Irish bouzouki http://www.irish-bouzouki.blogspot.com/
In this weblog Frank collects videofragments related to cittern and bouzouki. Most of it comes from Youtube. Also weblinks and news items are to be found. Visitors can't make new items but can leave comments. Nice site!
Key: MP3;Citternlist | Author: Frank Hermann | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 656 broken

Just Plain Folk http://www.justplainfolk.co.uk/
Band in which Cittern List member Chris O'Shea plays cittern and bouzouki. Changed name to: "TBFKAJPF" (The Band Formerly Known As Just Plain Folk!) and then: Cosmic Trifle Among other things they play FILK: Science Fiction Folk. Chris's photo can be seen at: http://www.smof.com/magician.htm
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Just Plain Folk | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 452 broken

Kennaquhair Stringed Instruments http://www.kennaquhair.com/
Homepage of Luthier Doug Dieter. Here you'll find the coolest guided tour through the process of making a cittern. Also a string calculator that works off-line, and has a fret spacing and bridge position calculator as well.
Key: Citternlist;maker | Author: Doug Dieter | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 39 broken

Klickstarter welcome www.fm-shabba.de
Frank is a member of the Cittern List who plays Irish bouzouki in the band Roth Fail (http://www.roth-fail.de/). This website and that of the band are in German, but the pictures and videos are international :-). Under Downloads and then bouzouki are some pdf files with arrangements of Irish songs with chord diagrams. Remember that "H" is the note "B" in other languages.
Key: Citternlist;Bands;sheet | Author: Frank Hermann | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 655 broken

Les Membres de Meuriad http://meuriad.free.fr/erwan.htm
Homepage of Breton group Meuriad, with Cittern list member Erwan Alix on cittern
Key: Bands;Lyrics;Brittany;Citternlist | Author: erwan.alix-at-voila.fr | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 566 broken

Little blue Men Records/Beth Patterson http://www.littlebluemen.com/beth.htm
Beth Patterson is a very inventive bouzouki player . You can find info on her latest CD's here.
Key: Bands;citternlist | Author: rkeller-at-littlebluemen.com | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 577 broken

Michael and Linda Eskin's Homepage http://members.cox.net/eskin/
Homepage of Michael Eskin. Under Irish music you'll find session tunebooks New URL
Key: Citternlist,ABC;MIDI | Author: Michael Eskin | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 43 broken

Music by Slainte http://www.irishband.com/
Jean Huskamp plays the bouzouki in the band. http://www.archive.org/details/CupofTea has MP3 files of CD.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 34 broken

Newberg Music Center http://www.newbergmusiccenter.com/
Oregon-based music store with the largest collection of electric citterns and bouzoukis I've ever seen. Eye-candy! The shop is co-owned by GD Armstrong: luthier, cittern list member and musician. See also: http://www.crockettdesign.com/
Key: Citternlist;Shop;maker | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 633 broken

P.W. Crump Co. - Irish Bouzouki, Cittern, Octave Mandolin, Guitar http://www.pwcrumpco.com/
Cittern List member Phil Crump makes wonderful musical instruments. The bouzouki that Michael Holmes (of Dervish) plays is a Crump. Nice galleries with pictures of bouzoukis and octave mandolins.
Key: Citternlist;maker | Author: Doghouse Designs | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 239 broken

Phill Kearney Luthier http://www.kearneyluthier.com/
Phill is a Cittern List member and a luthier who makes bouzoukis. At the moment he is into longscale archtop bouzoukis with floating bridge. He is located in Tasmania. First luthier I see with a Content Management System based website!
Key: Citternlist;maker | Author: Phill Kearney | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 653 broken

PHOENIX http://www.altrion.org/phoenix/
Homepage of Mike Whitaker. No cittern, but funny site.
Key: Citternlist | Author: Mike Whitaker | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 44 broken

Renovata Cythara - The Renaissance Cittern Page http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/
About the other (and most authentic) incarnation of my pet instrument. New URL. New URL
Key: Citternlist;strings | Author: Andrew Hartig | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 430 broken

Robin Bullock - Multi-instrumental Celtic/Folk string wizard http://www.flatpicker.com/bullock/
Homepage of cittern player who was, along with Gerald Trimble, one of the pioneers of playing melody on the cittern. Also look at: http://www.maggiesmusic.com/mmrb.html
Key: Bands;Citternlist | Author: Robin Bullock | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 194 broken

Roger Landes http://www.rogerlandes.com/
Homepage of Roger Landes. A great cittern player! He has his own CD. Look here. Roger organizes the Zookfest.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Roger Landes | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 51 broken

Stephen Owsley Smith Home Page http://www.celticmusic.com/steve/
Stephen makes very beautiful bouzoukis. Check out the gallery and see for yourself.
Key: maker;Citternlist | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 192 broken

Steve Wishnevsky's Home Page http://www.wishnevsky.com/
Steve is a member of the Cittern List, who builds remarkable instruments. New URL.
Key: Citternlist;maker | Author: Steve Wishnevsky | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 515 broken

Telynor Home Page http://www.telynor.com/
Telynor (John and Anna Peekstok). Quite amazing blend between folk and medieval. See my database section for record descriptions. New URL
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: John Peekstok | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 56 broken

Terra Nova, World Folk Music http://www.spacebeat.com/
Terra Nova, World Folk Music (Chip Dunbar). Picture of guitar-to-electric cittern.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Chip Dunbar | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 57 broken

Terry Blankenship's official Web site http://home.cinci.rr.com/terryblankenship/index.html
Terry Blankenship is a Cittern player, member of the Cittern List. Coming from elecric pop music, he now plays great traditional music. He also knows many people in the music scene personally. Also homepage of Changeling and Gabriel Hounds. Nice pics of him with cittern.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Terry Blankenship | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 181 broken

The Celtic Notsite http://www.celticnots.com/
Homepage of one of Carlos Alden's groups. New URL
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Carlos Alden | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 58 broken

The Kitchen Musician's Hammered Dulcimer Site http://members.aol.com/kitchiegal/
Homepage of Maynard Johnson. No cittern found, but lots of stuff about hammered dulcimers
Key: Citternlist | Author: Maynard Johnson | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 42 broken

The Lash: Celtic Mayhem from America! http://www.thelash.com/
The Lash (Rob K.)
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Rob K. | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 23 broken

The Miserable Few Homepage http://www.miserablefew.50megs.com/
Band of Cittern List member Peter MacDonald
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: illusionalknight-at-juno.com | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 477 broken

The Session http://www.thesession.org/index.php
Nice site, by cittern player former Cittern List member. He played in the now disbanded group BEAM. Nice design! New URL
Key: Citternlist;ABC | Author: Jeremy Keith | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 191 broken

tradmusic.com is a traditional, folk music resource http://www.tradmusic.com/
Interactive site setup by Aaron and Nathan Jones. Aaron is a Cittern list member, who plays the bouzouki with Cruabh Rua. Rapidly evolving, watch that site! tradmusic.com
Key: Citternlist;Shop;linkspage | Author: enquiries-at-tradmusic.com | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 587 broken

Trillium Octave Mandolins http://www.octavemandolin.com/
Trillium (Robert Abrams)
Key: Citternlist;maker | Author: Robert Abrams | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 61 broken

Welcome to Crocket Design and Friends http://www.crockettdesign.com/
This contains a site with GD Armstrong (luthier), and the Rendez-vous stringband that features three (3!) citterns.
Key: Citternlist;Bands;maker | Author: GD Armstrong | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 68 broken

Welcome to the Homepage of Phil Floyd http://publish.uwo.ca/~phfloyd/
Homepage of Phil Floyd. I couldn't find any citterns here. Plays in Tranby Croft
Key: Citternlist | Author: Phil Floyd Phil Floyd | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 48 broken

Zookman Funnies http://www.miketackett.com/zookman/index.html
Hilarious comic! Mind you, not very political correct (like I care!) so you are warned. Don't go here when the stitches from that appendectomy are not *completely* healed. New URL. Also not updated on the web anymore, it is now part of a Folk music magazine.
Key: Citternlist | Author: Mike Tacket | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 193 broken

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