langeleik
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The langeleik, also called langleik, is a Norwegian stringed folklore musical instrument, a droned zither.
Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- Norway
- Image
- Langeleiker på Eiktunet.jpg
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 314.122-6
- Commons category
- Langeleik
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Description
- History
- Types of langeleik
- Playing
- Tradition
- Music
- See also
- Notes
- References
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.
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