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The tsymbaly (Ukrainian: цимбали) is the Ukrainian version of the hammer dulcimer. It is a chordophone made up of a trapezoidal box with metal (steel or bronze) strings strung across it. The tsymbaly is played by striking two beaters against the strings. The strings are strung in groups of 3–5, which are tuned in unison.
It was designed and created by V. Josef Schunda in 1874 in Budapest, based on his modifications to the existing Hammered dulcimer instruments which were already present in Central and Eastern Europe. [1] Today the instrument is mainly played in Hungary, Slovakia, Moravia, Belarus, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine. [1]
The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer) is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more traditional styles may sit cross-legged on the floor, or in a more modern style may stand or sit at a ...
Hammered dulcimer; Harpejji; Jhallari; Khim (Thailand and Cambodia) Piano (Keyboard instrument) Santur/Santoor (Persia, India, Pakistan, Greece) Tsymbaly (Ukraine) Utogardon (Hungary) Warr guitar; Yanggeum (Korea) Yangqin (China)
Hammered dulcimer (England, Scotland, United States) Hackbrett (southern Germany , Austria , Switzerland ) Tsymbaly ( Ukraine ), tsimbl ( Ashkenazi Jewish ), țambal ( Romania ) and cimbalom ( Hungary ) may refer to either a relatively small folk instrument or a larger classical instrument.
A type of Hammer dulcimer Yangqin: China Pitched Chordophone Type of hammered dulcimer. Yuka: Congo Unpitched Membranophone Made from a hollowed out avocado trunk with a leather membrane. Zabumba: Brazil Unpitched 211.212.1 Membranophone Zatula: Ukraine Unpitched 112.2 Idiophone Zill: Asia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey Unpitched 111.142 Idiophone
Musical instruments characteristically found in the country of Ukraine and used by the Ukrainian people. Pages in category "Ukrainian musical instruments" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
A related instrument is the tsymbaly, a hammered dulcimer. In Ukraine, it is thought that the gusli may have influenced the development of the multi-stringed bandura, which largely replaced it in the nineteenth century.