Что (кто) такое zither - определение

CLASS OF MUSICAL STRINGED INSTRUMENTS

Zitherist; The zither; Board zither; Zithern; Zithers; Cetra da tavola; Alpine zither; Concert zither

zither

(zithers)

A zither is a musical instrument which consists of two sets of strings stretched over a flat box. You play the zither by pulling the strings with both hands.

N-COUNT

zither

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¦ noun a musical instrument consisting of a flat wooden soundbox with numerous strings stretched across it, placed horizontally and played with the fingers and a plectrum.

Derivatives

zitherist noun

Origin

C19: from Ger., from L. cithara (see cittern).

Zither

·noun 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.].

Википедия

Zither

Zithers (; German: [ˈtsɪtɐ], from the Greek word cithara) are a class of stringed instruments. Historically, the name has been applied to any instrument of the psaltery family, or to an instrument consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat body. This article describes the latter variety.

Zithers are typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, the term refers to a larger family of similarly shaped instruments that also includes the hammered dulcimer family and piano and a few rare bowed instruments like the bowed psaltery, bowed dulcimer, and streichmelodion. Like an acoustic guitar or lute, a zither's body serves as a resonating chamber (sound box), but, unlike guitars and lutes, a zither lacks a distinctly separate neck assembly. The number of strings varies, from one to more than fifty.

In modern common usage the term "zither" refers to three specific instruments: the concert zither (German: Konzertzither), its variant the Alpine zither (each of which uses a fretted fingerboard), and the chord zither (more recently described as a fretless zither or "guitar zither"). Concert and Alpine zithers are traditionally found in Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, France, north-western Croatia, the southern regions of Germany, Alpine Europe, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Emigration from these areas during the 19th century introduced the concert and Alpine zither to North and South America. Chord zithers similar to the instrument in the photograph also became popular in North America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These variants all use metal strings, similar to the cittern.

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Примеры употребления для zither

1. Mahlyanov, whose fighting name means Zither of Europe, was undaunted.

2. Celebrations included 2,008 girls playing the zheng, a plucked instrument similar to the zither, in the east city of Yangzhou.

3. Inside their time–warp home, grandma made cookies, an old Hapsburg grandpa played the zither, and Mom lit the advent wreath while teaching her child the significance of each candle.

4. He won amateur competitions across Europe and was spotted by Mr Sadogatakes stable, or sumo training school, which persuaded him to come to Japan and bestowed upon him his fighting name, Kotooshu, or Zither of Europe.

5. One of them, Anne Elise Thomas, was featured in a 2004 Hi Magazine article, in which she told how her introduction to Middle Eastern music through the ensemble led her to visit the region, where she received music instruction by teachers in Cairo, Egypt.'4; Thomas plays the qanun, a 72–stringed zither reminiscent of a hammered dulcimer.'4; (The article is available on the Hi Magazine Web site in both English and Arabic.) AMBASSADORS OF ARAB CULTURE TO AMERICANS For most of the ensemble‘s American audience, the musical performance is its first introduction to Arab music and its unfamiliar instruments, songs, musical scales and rhythms.