Drone zither from Glogovica (central Slovenia)Drone zithers in Europe, type "Scheitholt"
Drone zithers or droned zithers are stringed instruments of the zither family that have few (sometimes only one) melodic strings and a greater number of drone strings. The oldest known form of drone zither is the Scheitholt.
The Scheitholt developed into many different variants of drone zithers, such as the Langspil, the Epinette des Vosges or the Hummel. The Appalachian dulcimer is a traditional American form.
Dronezithers or dronedzithers are stringed instruments of the zither family that have few (sometimes only one) melodic strings and a greater number of...
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The tube zither is a stringed musical instrument in which a tube functions both as an instrument's neck and its soundbox. As the neck, it holds strings...
meaning long-play) is a traditional Icelandic dronezither. It has a single melody string and usually 2 drone strings. The langspil can be played by plucking...
stringed folklore musical instrument, a dronedzither. The langeleik has only one melody string and up to 8 drone strings. Under the melody string there...
Boomerang (Polydor 841 463-1) She is credited for both playing bass / drone / zither and as a co-producer on Anima Animus (Sioux 4CD) She is credited as...
stringed instrument and an ancestor of the modern zither. It falls into the category of dronezithers. The scheitholt may have derived from an ancient...
Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps. The many regional designs have different names such as...
influx of foreign instruments and styles, resulting in fusions like the zither kokles and German-influenced ziņģe singing style of Latvia. The Sami are...
referring to the buzzing sound of the drone. The term hummel is still used to refer to a type of droningzither in Germanic countries. Praetorius, Michael...
types of nyckelharpa and hurdy-gurdy, a link to the older traditions of drone music. Contemporary Nordic traditional dance musicians might also use other...
Cave 17. Image of a one-string drone accompanying religious singing. The musician plucks an alapini vina, a stick-zither style veena resting on his shoulder...
Latvian plucked string instrument (chordophone) belonging to the Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery along with Lithuanian kanklės, Estonian...
two women. Using a plectrum, one plucks a drone while the other plucks a melody. Polychordal tube zithers in the Philippines vary from place to place...
made from bamboo. The rudra veena is classified either as a stick zither or tube zither in the Sachs-Hornbostel classification system. The veena's body...
with her swarmandal Rashid Khan playing swarmandal Drone (music) Hindustani classical music Zither Alastair Dick (1984). "Swarmandal". In Sadie, Stanley...
The geomungo, alternate name hyeongeum, is a traditional Korean plucked zither with both bridges and frets. Geomungo is a representative stringed instrument...
slightly modified version of the Indian bulbul tarang, a type of Indian zither to which have been added typewriter keys which depress two of the strings...
by a set rods instead of the player’s fingers); and Psaltery, a type of zither played by plucking or ‘striking’ the strings, which frequently appears in...
dulcimer (many variant names; see below) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally played in the Appalachian...
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