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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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Within Vinony's link graph, قانون is referenced by 766 other articles, and connects out to string instrument, kithara and santur.
Vinony files it under Belarusian musical instruments, Croatian musical instruments and Czech musical instruments.
Its subject is documented across 50 Wikipedia language editions.
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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