Search results for "Zither" - New World Encyclopedia
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- By the seventh century, the gakuso (a zither) and the gakubiwa (a short ... * Gakuso, zither of Chinese origin * Yamatogoto/Wagon, zither of Japanese ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- dulcimer, is a narrower instrument of the zither family with three to five ... The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- A kantele (ˈkɑntele, from Finnish) or kannel (ˈkɑnːe) is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family. It is related to ...6 KB (959 words) - 02:48, 5 October 2022
- such as the ground harp, ground zither, musical bow, and jaw harp. === Antiquity === ====Mesopotamia==== [[Image:Tambourine aulos players Louvre ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family (中華絃樂噐|噐 ... bridges)"), another Chinese long zither also without frets, but with ...45 KB (6,609 words) - 01:21, 15 July 2023
- 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 ...26 KB (4,066 words) - 17:10, 14 May 2024
- #039;s awakening. An épinettier—a zither-player—constantly followed Montaigne and his tutor, playing a tune any time the boy became bored ...14 KB (2,276 words) - 17:11, 9 November 2022
- 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 ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- one being played. The zheng, a form of zither, is most popular in Henan ... dúxiánqín; lit. "single string zither"), a string instrument ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- 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) ...16 KB (2,703 words) - 07:48, 3 July 2022
- butcher, innkeeper, and professional player of the zither. Dvořák's parents recognized his musical talent early, and he received his earliest ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- 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 ...18 KB (2,855 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- * Zither === Struck instruments === * Berimbau (Brazil) * Cimbalom (Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania) * Chapman stick * Chitarra battente ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- 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 ...25 KB (3,771 words) - 17:48, 15 October 2020
- Bantu, such as cylindrical drums and the harp-zither. Mauro Campagnoli, [http://www.pygmies.info/baka/music.html Baka Pygmies—Music and Musical Instruments ...27 KB (4,197 words) - 20:58, 14 April 2023
- numerous musical instruments, such as the zheng (zither with movable bridges), qin (bridgeless zither), and xiao (vertical flute) and adopted and developed ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- vestments, sang and played the lyre with zither accompaniment. Tiridates was amazed and disgusted by Nero's extravagance, but he had only ...29 KB (4,494 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- The traditional culture of Korea has its mythical beginnings 5000 years ago. The legend of Dangun, the mythical founder of Korea, makes an impact ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
- A gamelan is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and ...37 KB (5,930 words) - 04:08, 18 April 2024
- 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 ...36 KB (5,655 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- stringed instrument), oud (Arab lute), and qanun (zither). Songs in Arabic often accompany this music. West Africa, below the expanse of the Sahara ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- gabusi (a type of lute) and ndzendze (a box zither), and the msondo drum. The primitive oboe, the ndzumara, is now nearly extinct. ...32 KB (4,718 words) - 17:40, 9 March 2024
- dance, piano, sight singing, and the gayageum, a zither-like instrument supposedly invented around the time of the Gaya confederacy. ...39 KB (5,508 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- 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 ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- 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 ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- mandolin-like biwa and the flat six-stringed zither, which evolved into the thirteen-stringed koto. These instruments formed the orchestras for the seventh ...78 KB (11,609 words) - 09:53, 1 April 2024
- a type of big band music, utilising the zither and panpipes, and rural harmony singing. Folk revivalists include Katice, Trinajsto prase, Musicante ...45 KB (6,521 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- alumnus Joseph Cotten, and with a memorable zither score by Anton Karas. The film was an international smash hit, but Welles unfortunately turned down ...56 KB (8,968 words) - 02:19, 18 November 2022
- consists of oud, kamanja (spike fiddle), qanun (box zither), tarabuka (goblet drum), and daff (tambourine). All players often perform as the choir. Dabka ...53 KB (7,689 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- 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 ...64 KB (9,341 words) - 04:57, 16 December 2022