kantele
Sign in to savethumb|Two five-string kanteles by Melodia Soitin (2014). The shape of the upper kantele is more traditional, while the shape for the kantele below is slightly modernised
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10 sectionsContents
- Construction
- Small kantele
- Concert kantele
- Playing
- Music
- Legendary history
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Two five-string kanteles by Melodia Soitin (2014). The shape of the upper kantele is more traditional, while the shape for the kantele below is slightly modernised
A kantele () or kannel () is a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument (chordophone). It belongs to the southeast Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery, along with the Estonian kannel, the Latvian kokles, the Lithuanian kanklės, and the Russian gusli.