alpine zithers are an ancient harp like musical instrument in the zither family.
alpine zithers are an ancient harp like musical instrument in the zither family.
ancient harp like musical instrument in the zither family?
alpine zithers
in modern common usage the term "zither" refers to three specific instruments: the concert zither (), its variant the alpine zither (both using a fretted fingerboard), and the chord zither (more recently described as a fretless zither or "guitar zither"). concert and alpine zithers are traditionally found in slovenia, austria, hungary, france, north-western croatia, the southern regions of germany, alpine europe, poland, the czech republic, slovakia, russia, ukraine and belarus. emigration from these areas during the 19th century introduced the concert and alpine zither to north and south america. chord zithers similar to the instrument in the photograph also became popular in north america during the late 19th and early 20th century. these variants all use metal strings, similar to the cittern.
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a psaltery () (or sawtry [archaic]) is a stringed instrument of the zither family.









































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the psaltery of ancient greece ("epigonion") is a harp-like instrument. the word "psaltery" derives from the ancient greek ψαλτήριον ("psaltḗrion"), "stringed instrument, psaltery, harp" and that from the verb ψάλλω ("psállō"), "to touch sharply, to pluck, pull, twitch" and in the case of the strings of musical instruments, "to play a stringed instrument with the fingers, and not with the plectrum." the psaltery was originally made from wood, and relied on natural acoustics for sound production.
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