The late-medieval musical instrument known as a psaltery was an early form of what later stringed instrument?
Psaltery Psaltery A psaltery () (or sawtry [archaic]) is a stringed instrument of the zither family. 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 The psaltery was originally made from wood, and relied on natural acoustics for sound production. In the King James Version of the Bible, "psaltery",
Psalterium (instrument) 3 sets of 2 (6 total) is the common arrangement. Psalterium (instrument) A psalterium , or "tambourin à cordes", is a stringed musical instrument, the name of which is synonymous with the psaltery. In specific usage, this name denotes a form of long psaltery that is tuned to provide drone chords. Sometimes called a "string drum," though not to be confused with a friction drum also called a "string drum," it is usually used as rhythm accompaniment with a form of tabor pipe. It is also known as "tambourin de Béarn" or "Tambourin de Gascogne" in French, "ttun-ttun" (for the