^abcThere are an elaborate variety of spellings, each altered to pronounce correctly in different languages, and to incorporate partial translations; since there is no modern form ofkithara, that is typically left un-translated. (Strictly speaking,kitharoedos /citharoedus translates to "zitherist", but that seems to never be used.) Variants include:
^A kitharode would automatically be expected to be able to also play abarbiton,lyre, andphorminx, provided it was a version with the same number of strings as the standardkithara.
^It is unclear how far backGreek musical notation goes. It may have only been a competency of kitharodes during the late classical period; from some point, both kitharodes andauletes would have required to simultaneously read two separate systems of notation: One for instrumental music and the other for sung music.
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