Zither

[[Image:Zither1 David Dupplaw.jpg|thumb|A Musima Guitar Zither

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45 strings with 21 melody, 24 chords]]

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The zither is a musical string instrument, mainly used in folk music. The strings are stretched across the length of the soundbox, and the instrument does not have a neck. They can be divided into two classes, the fretted concert zithers and fretless guitar zithers. A musician that plays them is called zitherist or zither player.

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The name zither may be derived from the kithara, an instrument from classical times used in Ancient Greece and later throughout the Roman Empire.

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In entertainment, the zither is perhaps most famous for its role in providing the soundtrack of the classic film noir The Third Man. It is also used by multi-instrumentalist Laraaji on the third release of Brian Eno's Ambient series, .

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Examples:

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• North America: Appalachian dulcimer
• Burundi: Inanga (zither) (also Burundian zither)
• China:
• Guqin
• Guzheng
• ChaoZhou zheng
• hammered yãngqín
• Estonia, Finland: kannel
• Finland: kantele
• France: ?pinette
• Germany:
• Scheitholt
• Hackbrett
• hammered dulcimer
• Iceland: langspil
• India: santoor
• Japan: koto
• Korea:
• gayageum
• geomungo
• The Benelux
• hommel
• vlier
• ?pinette
• hakkebord
• Latvia: kokle
• Lithuania: kanklės
• Norway: langeleik
• Persia: santur
• Rwanda: Inanga (zither)
• Russia: Gusli
• Slovenia: drone zither
• Java: Sundanese kacapi
• Sweden: hummel
• Vietnam:
• Dan Tranh
• Dan Thap Luc
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String instrument: A string instrument (also "stringed instrument") is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones....

Folk music: Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. Folk music arose, and best survives, in societies not yet affected by mass communication and the commercialization of culture. It normally was shared and performed by the entire community (not by a special class of exper...

Fret: :For the acronym FRET in molecular biology, see Fluorescence resonance energy transfer....




Zither related Images and Photos (experimental)

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Young Woman Playing a Zither