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Chordophones > Simple chordophones or zithers > Frame zithers > Frame zithers without resonator

Preferred term

316.1Frame zithers without resonator   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • Strings are stretched between fixed points across a rigid open frame. The instrument has no resonator. Perhaps amongst medieval psalteries. (en)

Broader concept

Notation

  • 316.1

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/5608

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