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zither

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1. zither - Noun

2. zither - Verb

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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. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.]

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And so a musician woke him every morning, playing one instrument or another, citation and an épinettier (with a zither ) was the constant companion to Montaigne and his tutor, playing a tune to alleviate boredom and tiredness. Source: Internet

A woman performs zither music at Friday's 2018 Lunar Year Celebration. Source: Internet

He practiced with the new kit for a certain period of time before showcasing his ability along Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in Ho Chi Minh City, where he combined it with a Vietnamese-style flute and zither. Source: Internet

In the olden days, passage rites at birth or naming ceremony was the occasion for songs to the accompaniment of a Lamella-phone, a musical bow or a raft zither, while the acts of cleaning and purification take place. Source: Internet

It is arguable that Arthur O. Windsor influenced development and perfection of the zither banjo and created the open-back banjo citation along with other modifications to the banjo type instruments, such as the modern non-solid attached resonator. Source: Internet

The Orchestral pedal produced a sound similar to a tremolo feel by bouncing a set of small beads dangling against the strings, enabling the piano to mimic a mandolin, guitar, banjo, zither and harp, thus the name Orchestral. Source: Internet

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