Chord zither
The accord zither , more rarely mandolin zither and zither harp , is a fretboard-less box zither that emerged from the Scheitholt . In the 19th century, the demand for a simple, inexpensive "folk instrument" that could be learned without knowledge of music and that played the chord zither increased.
In addition to the chromatically tuned melody strings c '- c' '', usually comprising two octaves , there are 24 to 30 accompanying strings grouped in five or six bundles.
Web links
- The large family of the Zithern ( Memento from November 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) - page of the home guild Baden-Württemberg