Search results for "Zither" - New World Encyclopedia

By the seventh century, the gakuso (a zither) and the gakubiwa (a short ... * Gakuso, zither of Chinese origin * Yamatogoto/Wagon, zither of Japanese ...

dulcimer, is a narrower instrument of the zither family with three to five ... The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither ...

A kantele (ˈkɑntele, from Finnish) or kannel (ˈkɑnːe) is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family. It is related to ...

such as the ground harp, ground zither, musical bow, and jaw harp. === Antiquity === ====Mesopotamia==== [[Image:Tambourine aulos players Louvre ...

string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family (中華絃樂噐|噐 ... bridges)"), another Chinese long zither also without frets, but with ...

that resembles and is played like a zither. One of his kanteles is made ... by the kantele (a kind of five-string zither). The rhythm could vary but ...

#039;s awakening. An épinettier—a zither-player—constantly followed Montaigne and his tutor, playing a tune any time the boy became bored ...

depicted in relaxed postures, playing the qin (zither) or lute, savoring food or wine, or lounging in various states of inebriation. Each sage is identified ...

one being played. The zheng, a form of zither, is most popular in Henan ... dúxiánqín; lit. "single string zither"), a string instrument ...

of one of the most popular qin (seven-stringed zither) pieces in history, found in 39 qin handbooks through 1946. With 18 sections (sometimes more) ...

butcher, innkeeper, and professional player of the zither. Dvořák's parents recognized his musical talent early, and he received his earliest ...

he sat high up on the gates, calmly playing his zither with two children beside him. When the Wei commander and strategist Sima Yi approached the fort ...

* Zither === Struck instruments === * Berimbau (Brazil) * Cimbalom (Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania) * Chapman stick * Chitarra battente ...

scholar with books, writing brush, or qin (a long zither); a Buddhist itinerant monk; a Tibetan lama meditating in a cave; a Daoist immortal with a gourd ...

Bantu, such as cylindrical drums and the harp-zither. Mauro Campagnoli, [http://www.pygmies.info/baka/music.html Baka Pygmies—Music and Musical Instruments ...

numerous musical instruments, such as the zheng (zither with movable bridges), qin (bridgeless zither), and xiao (vertical flute) and adopted and developed ...

vestments, sang and played the lyre with zither accompaniment. Tiridates was amazed and disgusted by Nero's extravagance, but he had only ...

The traditional culture of Korea has its mythical beginnings 5000 years ago. The legend of Dangun, the mythical founder of Korea, makes an impact ...

A gamelan is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and ...

dulcimer, similar in structure to the psaltery and zither, was not plucked but struck. The hurdy-gurdy was (and still is) a mechanical violin using a ...

stringed instrument), oud (Arab lute), and qanun (zither). Songs in Arabic often accompany this music. West Africa, below the expanse of the Sahara ...

gabusi (a type of lute) and ndzendze (a box zither), and the msondo drum. The primitive oboe, the ndzumara, is now nearly extinct. ...

dance, piano, sight singing, and the gayageum, a zither-like instrument supposedly invented around the time of the Gaya confederacy. ...

The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked ...

of Madagascar, the valiha, is a bamboo tube zither carried to Madagascar by early settlers from southern Borneo, and is very similar in form to ...

mandolin-like biwa and the flat six-stringed zither, which evolved into the thirteen-stringed koto. These instruments formed the orchestras for the seventh ...

a type of big band music, utilising the zither and panpipes, and rural harmony singing. Folk revivalists include Katice, Trinajsto prase, Musicante ...

alumnus Joseph Cotten, and with a memorable zither score by Anton Karas. The film was an international smash hit, but Welles unfortunately turned down ...

consists of oud, kamanja (spike fiddle), qanun (box zither), tarabuka (goblet drum), and daff (tambourine). All players often perform as the choir. Dabka ...

tales sung to the accompaniment of a lute or zither. The earliest surviving document in Romanian is a letter written in 1521, sent by Neacşu of Campulung ...