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Also known as cither, simple chordophone
Zither (; , from the Greek , ) is a class of stringed instruments, and the term also refers to a specific subset of instruments of the zither class, most usually the concert or Alpine zithers. The modern instrument has many strings stretched across a thin, flat body.
A zither is a stringed instrument with many strings stretched across a flat, thin body, and the term can refer both to a whole class of similar instruments and to specific types like concert or Alpine zithers. It matters as a notable category of stringed instruments with a distinctive design that has been used in various musical traditions.
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Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Zither
- Instrument.image
- 2012-03-04-Trachselwald (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 001.JPG
- Instrument.image_capt
- Different concert zithers
- Instrument.image_size
- 300px
- Instrument.background
- string
- Instrument.classification
- (Chordophone), String instrument
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 314.122-5,6
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Resonated box zither, plucked by fingers or a plectrum
- Instrument.developed
- Antiquity
- Instrument.related
- Bar zither or stick zither, musical bow, tube zither, raft zither, board zither, box zither, ground zither, harp zither, trough zither, frame zither
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Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- Alpine states
- Image
- Cithare.jpg
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- different from
- cittern
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 314.122-4
- does not have part
- neck
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Zithers
- inception
- 1800-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Article · 中文
齊特琴（德語：Zither）是一種既是指弦樂器中一個類別的樂器，已同時該類別某些特定樂器的名稱。德語的本名zither字源來自拉丁詞語 cithara，跟現代英語吉他（guitar）同源。結構演化自中世紀撥弦樂瑟（psaltery），流行於奧地利的蒂羅爾和巴伐利亞。琴由一個形狀扁平的木質共鳴箱，再加上4或5根的旋律弦和37根的伴奏弦所組成；旋律弦靠向彈奏者，用左手手指上的撥子彈奏。伴奏弦則可用任何一隻手的手指彈奏。齊特琴常在輕歌劇中表現情節的鄉土氣息。
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