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1) Cither 2) Zithern
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a stringed instrument with a soundbox which is used in traditional European folk music.
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The zither is a musical string instrument, consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat body. It is played by strumming or plucking the strings, either with one`s fingers, or using a tool called a plectrum. Like a guitar or lute, a zither`s body serves as a sound box, but unlike them, a zither has no neck. The number of strings varie.....
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musical instrument with strings laid over horizontal board
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• (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.]
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A zither can be one of a number of instruments, all of which are grouped together becuase they have strings (usually around 30) which stretch over a resonating chamber, but do not go beyond it.
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any stringed musical instrument whose strings are the same length as its soundboard. The European zither consists of a flat, shallow sound box across ... [3 related articles]
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Zith'er noun [ German
zither . See
Cittern .]
(Mus.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [ Not to b...
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the family name of all instruments which have strings stretched across a box. Popular in central Europe, In addition to the melody strings, the Concert Zither has a guitar type fretboard (similar to the epinette des vosges), and other models have strings grouped together in chords.
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The zither is an Austrian member of a family of musical instruments consisting of one or more strings stretched over a resonating frame. The modern concert zither has up to 45 strings of which five, passing over frets, are plucked with a plectrum for melody, and the remainder are plucked with the fingers for harmonic accompaniment. Simple stick and...
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a stringed instrument with a soundbox which is used in traditional European folk music.
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n] - a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box
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zither 1. A musical instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding box; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers. 2. Etymology: from Greek kithara, Latin cithara, Old High German zitara, and German Zither. Quitar is from about 1621, and is ultimately from Greek kithara, and Latin cithara; a stringed musical instrument r...
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cither noun a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
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Member of a family of musical instruments consisting of one or more strings stretched over a resonating frame or soundbox, played horizontally. The modern concert zither has up to 45 strings of which five, passing over frets, are plucked with a plectrum for melody, and the remainder are plucked with the fingers for harmonic accompaniment. Simple st...
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a musical instrument, consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings stretched over it, that is placed on a horizontal surface and played with a plectrum and the fingertips.
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