The crwth (/ kruːθ / KROOTH, Welsh: [kruːθ]), also called a crowd or rote or crotta, is a bowed lyre, a type of stringed instrument, associated particularly with Welsh music, now archaic but once widely played in Europe.

2023年4月8日 · The crwth is a small, six-stringed instrument that is played with a bow. It has a rectangular or trapezoidal body, with a flat or slightly arched top and bottom. The soundboard is usually made of spruce or pine, and the back and sides are made of maple or another hardwood.

Crwth, bowed Welsh lyre played from the European Middle Ages to about 1800. It was about the size of a violin. Though originally plucked, it was played with a bow from the 11th century, and a fingerboard was added behind the strings in the last part of the 13th century.

Does the discovery of a hidden aperture make the crwth unique amongst bowed instruments by having two soundboxes? An early stringed instrument first referred to in writing in the 12th century Laws of Hywel Dda (Hywel the Good), the crwth was popular in Wales throughout the Middle Ages, when it was enjoyed in aristocratic circles.

The Crwth is an early member of the bowed string instrument family and bears resemblance to other ancient instruments such as the violin and the rebec, though it predates the modern violin by several centuries. The bow used to play the Crwth was typically made of horsehair and was drawn across the strings to produce sound.

Spontaneous autumnal improvisation on the DOROMB (Hungarian Jew's Harp by Zoltan Szilagyi) and CRWTH (mediaeval bowed Celtic lyre by Tim Hobrough) performed by Sedayne in Houghall Woods, Durham, UK, September 2006.

2024年11月22日 · Often considered a precursor to the modern violin, the crwth has a flat, rectangular body with a bridge and is played with a bow. Traditionally used in Welsh folk music, the crwth produces a warm, resonant sound that is both melodic and rhythmic, ideal for accompanying dance and vocal music.

CRWTH (i.e. Crooth) or CROWD, as far as we know the oldest stringed instrument played with the bow; probably at home in India, but in its European use apparently limited to England, and especially to Wales. It is first mentioned in some elegiacs, written about 609, by Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers, running thus:

2009年8月20日 · The crwth is a form of stringed lyre which uses a bow to play the strings. There is archaeological evidence to suggest that similar instruments were in use 5,000 years ago in ancient...

This is an early Welsh stringed instrument, which was played with a bow. There are only two other crwths like this in Britain. The crwth is one of the oldest traditional instruments.