Zither

noun. zith·​er ˈzi-t͟hər -thər. : a stringed instrument having usually 30 to 40 strings over a shallow horizontal soundboard and played with pick and fingers. zitherist.

Zithers (/ˈzɪðər, ˈzɪθ-/; German: [ˈtsɪtɐ], from the Greek word cithara) are a class of stringed instruments. Historically, the name has been applied to any instrument of the psaltery family, or to an instrument consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat body.

Zithers are often used in European folk music, and have about 30-40 strings. Originally, the zither was an Austrian instrument, but it's been used in England since the mid-1850s. "Zither." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/zither.

The concert Zither has a rough and raunchy sound often descibed as "mellow". The Zither is a stringed instrument, having many strings stretched across a thin, wooden sound box. It is played by strumming or plucking the strings, either with fingers or with a plec.

A variety of these musical boxes go back centuries and are found across the globe. The oldest known zither is the Chinese guqin, discovered in a 403 B.C. tomb in 1977. Franz Wadecker was awarded several zither related patents in the United States beginning in 1881.

key of G During making, each harp is tuned to the key of G, but it can also be tuned to the keys of F, F-sharp, A, A-flat, B flat, and others.

The zither became a popular folk music instrument in Bavaria and Austria in the early nineteenth century and later in the United States. Our museum collection has an interesting zither from the 1880s. The instrument is made of dark wood and features 46 pegs and 44 strings.

The zither became a popular folk music instrument in Bavaria and Austria in the early nineteenth century and later in the United States. Our museum collection has an interesting zither from the 1880s. The instrument is made of dark wood and features 46 pegs and 44 strings.

Anton Karl Karas (7 July 1906 – 10 January 1985) was an Austrian zither player and composer, best known for his internationally famous 1948 soundtrack to Carol Reed's The Third Man.

Starting from the bottom string, each string is tuned to the following note: G, A, B, C, D, E, F-sharp, G, A, B, C, D, E, F-sharp, G. (The first G, by the way, is the G above Middle C.)

Trough zithers are a group of African stringed instruments or chordophones whose members resemble wooden bowls, pans, platters, or shallow gutters with strings stretched across the opening.

The zither became a popular folk music instrument in Bavaria and Austria in the early nineteenth century and later in the United States. Our museum collection has an interesting zither from the 1880s. The instrument is made of dark wood and features 46 pegs and 44 strings.