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2. African harp - Wikipedia

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   Ardin. The ardin is a type of angular harp played in Mauritania. It has a resonating body made of calabash, with 10 to 16 strings and metal rings affixed to the top of the neck, and a skin belly. [ 9][ 10][ 11] It is played by female griots. [ 10][ 11] The neck sits loosely in the calabash bowl, held in place by the strings. [ 9]

3. Hammered dulcimer - Wikipedia

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   The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer) is a percussion - stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more traditional styles may sit cross-legged on the floor, or in a more modern style may stand or sit at a ...

4. Cross-strung harp - Wikipedia

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   Cross-strung harp. The cross-strung harp or chromatic double harp is a multi-course harp that has two rows of strings which intersect without touching. While accidentals are played on the pedal harp via the pedals and on the lever harp with levers, the cross-strung harp features two rows so that each of the twelve semitones of the chromatic ...

5. Harp - Wikipedia

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   The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or concerts. Its most common form is triangular in shape and made of wood.

6. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 322.11

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   Pagan harp: Pagan Kingdom: 322.11 Arched harp with a thick and blunt neck, only slightly curved: Pardhan harp kidim-baja, gudum-baja (both derogatory), bin-baja: Pardhan of India 322.11 Arched harp made from a single stick, with five strings, played with a plectrum and attached to a sawtooth-shaped carrier, with one soundhole and a waisted body ...

7. Origin of the harp in Europe - Wikipedia

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   The earliest descriptions of a European triangular framed harp i.e. harps with a fore pillar are found on carved 8th century Pictish stones. Pictish harps were strung from horsehair. The instruments apparently spread south to the Anglo Saxons who commonly used gut strings and then west to the Gaels of the Highlands and to Ireland.