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Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Sound Devices > sound devices > <sound devices by acoustical characteristics> > chordophones > zitherlike chordophones > zitherlike chordophones: plucked > long zithers
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Long zithers with a slightly convex soundboard and flat bottom, having 13 silk or nylon strings each passing over its own movable, V-shaped bridge; it is considered the national instrument of Japan.
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Otros términos
- 日本箏 [zh]
- rì běn zhēng [zh]
- ri ben zheng [zh]
- jih pen cheng [zh]
- goto [en]
- kin (koto) [en]
- 日本古琴 [zh]