kanklės (Traditional Lithuanian plucked psaltery)
~ Strumenti a corda
Descrizione
Lo strumento lituano più antico, è realizzato in forma di trapezio dal legno di un albero specifico, ha una barra in metallo e piroli in legno alle estremità, a cui sono incordate dalle 5 alle 12 corde.
Annotazione
Variations are as follows:
* North-eastern Aukštaitians: Being the most ancient form it is simply carved of a single piece of wood.
* Western Aukštaitians and Samogitians: Larger than the oldest, it has between eight and twelve strings and sometimes has a stylized carved bird or fish tail.
* North-western Samogitians and Suvalkians: The version folk concert kanklės are based on, it is the most decorated with carved spiral ornaments.
Relazioni
| da: | Lituania |
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| strumenti imparentati: | kokle (Traditional Latvian plucked psaltery) |
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| strumenti imparentati: | gusli (Traditional Russian plucked psaltery) kannel (Traditional Estonian plucked psaltery) kantele (Traditional Finnish plucked psaltery) |
| parte di: | salteri baltici (Family of Baltic box-zithers) |
| Wikidata: | Q2595197 [info] |
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