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Kithara. The kithara ( Greek: κιθάρα, romanized : kithára ), Latinized as cithara, was an ancient Greek musical instrument in the yoke lutes family. It was a seven-stringed professional version of the lyre, which was regarded as a rustic, or folk instrument, appropriate for teaching music to beginners.
Chitarra Italiana ( Italian: [kiˈtarra itaˈljaːna]; 'Italian guitar') is a lute -shaped plucked instrument with four or five single (sometimes double) strings, in a tuning similar to that of the guitar. It was common in Italy during the Renaissance era . According to Renato Meucci, the designation of 'Italiana' followed the introduction to ...
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The grouping of instruments includes (from the bottom, clockwise) a zhangu, pipa, two headed drum, tambourine, konghou, sheng, and two end-blown flutes (such as xiao or pipes. Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories known as bā yīn ( 八音 ). [ 1] The eight categories are silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal ...
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the ...
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. A person who plays a musical instrument is known as an instrumentalist.
A family of musical instruments is a grouping of several different but related sizes or types of instruments. Some schemes of musical instrument classification, such as the Hornbostel-Sachs system, are based on a hierarchy of instrument families and families of families. Some commonly recognized families are: Strings family. Woodwind family.
Chitarra romana. " Chitarra romana " (lit. "Roman Guitar") is a 1934 Italian folk song composed by Bruno Cherubini (the brother of Bixio Cherubini) and Eldo Di Lazzaro.