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lahuta
Sign in to saveThe () or lahuta (; related to English lute) is a bowed single-stringed musical instrument (and musical style) traditionally used in the Dinarides region of Southeastern Europe (in the Balkans). The instrument is always accompanied by singing; musical folklore, specifically epic poetry. The player (; ) holds the instrument vertically between the knees, with the left hand fingers on the string. The string is never pressed to the neck, giving a harmonic and unique sound.
Key facts
- Instrument.image
- Serbian Gusle.jpg
- Instrument.image_capt
- Typical Serbian
- Instrument.background
- string
- Instrument.classification
- Bowed string instrument
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Bowl lyre sounded by a bow
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 321.321-71
- Instrument.related
- Byzantine lyra and its derivatives Masenqo (Horn of Africa) Other "fiddles"
- Intangible heritage.ICH
- Singing to the accompaniment of the
- Intangible heritage.State Party
- Serbia
- Intangible heritage.ID
- 02310
- Intangible heritage.Year
- 2025
- Intangible heritage.Region
- ENA
- Intangible heritage.Session
- 20th
- Intangible heritage.List
- Need of Urgent Safeguarding
- Intangible heritage.Name
- Art of playing, singing and making the lahuta
- Intangible heritage.Country
- Albania
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Gusle Zelovo kod Sinja Jukić 260109.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gusle
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 321.321-71
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11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origin
- Construction and use
- Serbs
- Bosniaks
- Albanians
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
The () or lahuta (; related to English lute) is a bowed single-stringed musical instrument (and musical style) traditionally used in the Dinarides region of Southeastern Europe (in the Balkans). The instrument is always accompanied by singing; musical folklore, specifically epic poetry. The player (; ) holds the instrument vertically between the knees, with the left hand fingers on the string. The string is never pressed to the neck, giving a harmonic and unique sound.
On November 29, 2018, the Serbian Gusle was inscribed as a part of Serbia's intangible cultural heritage on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.