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Zither
The zither is a musical string instrument, mainly used in folk music. The strings are stretched across the length of the soundbox and the instrument does not have a neck.
Examples:
- American Appalacian dulcimer
- Chinese gŭzhēng[?]
- Chinese hammered yãngqín[?]
- French épinette[?]
- German Scheitholt[?]
- hammered dulcimer
- Icelandic langspil[?]
- japanese koto
- Norwegian langeleik[?]
- Swedish hummel[?]
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