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nouna musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingerstype of:
Definition that contains zither
- koto Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers
- dulcimer a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
- psaltery an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
- chordophone a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers