Definition of zither. Meaning of zither. Synonyms of zither

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Definition of zither

Zither
Zither ith"er, n. [G. zither. See Cittern.] (Mus.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. Note: [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.]

Meaning of zither from wikipedia

- the zither is a musical string instrument , most commonly found in slovenia , austria , hungary , northwestern croatia , the southern
- literally 'ancient stringed instrument') is a plucked seven-string chinese musical instrument of the zither family. it has been played
- or gu zheng (c 古箏 , p gǔzhēng, pronounced kǔt͡ʂə́ŋ , ), also simply called zheng (箏 , gu 古 means 'ancient'), is a chinese plucked zither .
- the guitar zither (also chord zither or fretless zither) is a musical instrument consisting of a sound-box with two sets of unstopped
- drone zithers or droned zithers are stringed instruments of the zither family that have few (sometimes only one) melodic strings and a
- the box zither is a class of stringed instrument in the form of a trapezoid-shaped or rectangular, hollow box. of the box zither are either
- the bowed psaltery is a type of psaltery or zither that is played with a bow . in contrast with the centuries-old plucked psaltery, the
- despite its name, the autoharp is not a harp at all, but a chord ed zither history: image:mim phx 2011-04-26 0186 edited. jpg , autoharp
- on listening to louis chen's zither (traditional chinese : 聽陳蕾士的琴箏) is a poem by the hong kong poet wong kwok pun . in the poem, the poet
- the đàn tranh (彈 箏 ) is a plucked zither of vietnam . it has a wooden body and steel strings, each of which is supported by a bridge in