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Word | Zither |
a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box; played with a plectrum and with fingers / 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.] / a musical instrument consisting of a flat wooden sound box with numerous strings stretched across it, placed horizontally and played with the fingers and a plectrum. It is used especially in central European folk music., | |
Usage | ⇒ Ravi plays the zither very well ⇒ They've grown up and want us to realise it; this album is more low key and features an impressive array of instruments including a ukulele, zithers , brass and strings. |
Synonyms | cither, harp, zithern, stringed instrument, accordion, bagpipes, balalaika, banjo, bass, bassoon, bowed stringed instrument, cittern, dulcimer, spinet, string instrument, virginals, cithern, citole, clavier, gittern, |
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