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"Zither collection of the University of Leipzig" German language site with pictures of vintage instruments including bowed zithers (here called Streichzithern) "Zither US" English language site based in the U.S. Contains biographies of early performers and personalities associated with the history of concert and Alpine zithers, mainly in the U.S.
The Acholi instrument is a rectangular instrument, about 51.5 cm (20.25 in) long with seven nylon strings. [43] The instrument has a "bridge" at each end. [43] Images of the modern instrument show that a wood top has been added, converting the trough zither to a box zither. [12] [11] There are at least two pentatonic tunings used by the Acholi ...
An autoharp or chord zither is a string instrument belonging to the zither family. It uses a series of bars individually configured to mute all strings other than those needed for the intended chord. It uses a series of bars individually configured to mute all strings other than those needed for the intended chord.
The tube zither is a stringed musical instrument in which a tube functions both as an instrument's neck and its soundbox. [1] As the neck, it holds strings taut and allows them to vibrate. As a soundbox, it modifies the sound and transfers it to the open air.
The koto (箏 or 琴) is a Japanese plucked half-tube zither instrument, and the national instrument of Japan. It is derived from the Chinese zheng and se, and similar to the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum and ajaeng, the Vietnamese đàn tranh, the Sundanese kacapi and the Kazakh jetigen. [1]
The psaltery of Ancient Greece was a harp-like stringed instrument.The word psaltery derives from the Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion), "stringed instrument, psaltery, harp" [3] and that from the verb ψάλλω (psállō), "to touch sharply, to pluck, pull, twitch" and in the case of the strings of musical instruments, "to play a stringed instrument with the fingers, and not ...
Zither instrument stubs (54 P) Pages in category "Zithers" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
It is a plucked zither with 12 strings, though some more recent variants have 18, 21 or 25 strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument . [ 1 ] It is based on the Chinese guzheng and is similar to the Japanese koto , Mongolian yatga , Vietnamese đàn tranh , Sundanese kacapi and Kazakh jetigen .
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