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 (4,103 words) - 07:01, 28 February 2023
- #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
