Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

313.2Heterochord raft zithers   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • One or more strings are stretched between fixed points. The instrument consists of a rigid string bearer, or of a rigid string bearer with a resonator which is not integral and can be detached without destroying the sound-producing apparatus. The string bearer is composed of canes tied together in the manner of a raft. The strings are of separate material from the string bearer. N. Malawi region. (en)

Broader concept

Notation

  • 313.2

URI

http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/176

Download this concept: