kokle (Traditional Latvian plucked psaltery)

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Beschreibung

Originating from 13th century Latvia, it is made of wood and have today nine to eleven, up to thirty-three strings tuned diatonically. Played horizontally on lap or table by plucking while muting chosen strings. Became in the 70's and 80's an important part of the folklore movement.

Anmerkung

Hornbostel-Sachs classification of 314.122

Anmerkung zuletzt geändert am 2017-12-16 01:25 UTC.

Beziehungen

von:Lettland
related instruments:gusli (Traditional Russian plucked psaltery)
Kanklės (Traditional Lithuanian plucked psaltery)
Kannel (Traditional Estonian plucked psaltery)
Kantele (Traditional Finnish plucked psaltery)
Teil von:baltische Psalter (Family of Baltic box-zithers)
Bild:https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/kokle/kokle.png [Info]
Wikidata:Q3504809 [Info]
andere Datenbanken:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical_instrument/gakki_jiten_kokle.html [Info]