domra
Sign in to saveThe domra (, , , domry) is a long-necked Russian folk string instrument of the lute family. It has a round body and three or four metal strings.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Domra
- Instrument.image
- Домра эксп. цеха фабрики Луначарского, 1970-е.JPG
- Instrument.background
- string
- Instrument.classification
- Plucked string instrument
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 321.321
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Composite chordophone
- Instrument.range
- center
- Instrument.related
- Balalaika, mandolin
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Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Image
- Domra-topview2.png
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- Commons category
- Domra
- described by source
- Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 321.321-6
- different from
- balalaika
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Encyclopedic overview
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The domra (, , , domry) is a long-necked Russian folk string instrument of the lute family. It has a round body and three or four metal strings.
==Name== According to A. S. Famintsyn, domra is the russified form of Arabic tanbura.
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