langeleik

Also known as langleik

The langeleik, also called langleik, is a Norwegian stringed folklore musical instrument, a droned zither.

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Instrument.name: Langeleik
Instrument.image: Langeleik.jpg
Instrument.background: string
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs: 314.122-6
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc: chordophone / box zither sounded by a plectrum
Instrument.developed: Possibly 16th century
Instrument.related: Scheitholt (Germany) Epinette des Vosges (France) Langspil (Iceland) Hummel (Sweden) Appalachian dulcimer
Instrument.musicians: List of Langeleik players

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Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 314.122-6
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Description
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Types of langeleik
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Music
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The langeleik, also called langleik, is a Norwegian stringed folklore musical instrument, a droned zither.

==Description== The langeleik has only one melody string and up to 8 drone strings. Under the melody string there are seven frets per octave, forming a diatonic major scale. The drone strings are tuned to a triad. The langeleik is tuned to about an A, though on score the C major key is used, as if the instrument were tuned in C. This is for simplification of both writing and reading, by circumventing the use of accidentals.