Kanklės
Lithuanian musical instrument / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The kanklės (Lithuanian: [ˈkɐŋʲkʲlʲeːs]) is a Lithuanian plucked string instrument (chordophone) belonging to the Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery, along with the Latvian kokles, Estonian kannel, Finnish kantele, and Russian gusli.
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String instrument | |
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Other names | Kankliai, kunkliai, kunklaliai, kanklos, kanklys, kanklus, kunkl, kankalai[1] |
Classification | Plucked string instrument, chordophone, zither |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 314.122 (Diatonic lute-type stringed instrument) |
Inventor(s) | Folk instrument |
Related instruments | |
Kokles, kannel, kantele, gusli, zither, psaltery, dulcimer |
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