kanklės (Traditional Lithuanian plucked psaltery)

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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.

Annotazione modificata l'ultima volta il 2018-03-04 13:43 UTC.

Relazioni

da:Lituania
strumenti imparentati:kokle (Traditional Latvian plucked psaltery)
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]