Talk:Zither
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The Estonian Kannel links to a page about something to do with WAP. It's likely that this is not what is wanted. I assume that it's something vaguely like the finnish instrument, but I have no real clue, or I'd write something myself.
This article has no mention of how the zither is played or tuned, or what it sounds like. To someone unfamiliar with the instrument (like me) we're given no information beyond historical background.
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[edit] Some possible background
The following was a "note" left in by a non-registered poster in the main article - I have not verified the validity or reliability of the information, but am posting it here in case someone can do that.
ˈDear Sir. I have two remarks about the citera.1. All kinds of citera are coming from Iran, Irak and the east of Turkey. Even the 'cimbalom, kanteke or dulcimer, the all com from there. Later the form changed a bit in the different countries and got an other name, like humel or langlijk. The first citera was only a string over a plan followed by more stings. After that the plank was changed by a box to have more resonance. 2. The hungarian page gives a better idea about the basic form of the citera. The English and the Dutch page gives mainly information about the concert zither. The both are from the same category or family and it would be more complete to inform about both. Jan ten Hove, citera teacher and painter. 84.2.98.242 (talk) 12:00, 22 November 2010 (UTC)tenhove@t-online.hu ---I am Dutch living in Hungary.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Cae prince (talk • contribs)
[edit] Yangqin
Isn't the Yangqin a dulcimer rather than a zither?
--CharlieHuang 12:48, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Reformatting
Shouldn't some content from the intro be moved into the actual article?
[edit] Playing
How does one play the zither?
You pluck the strings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.20.126.64 (talk) 00:50, 10 June 2008 (UTC) I can't see how to start a new section in the main article. To play the zither, you put a thumb ring (like a guitar fingerpick) on the right thumb. You use your right thumb to pick out the melody on the five fretboard strings, which are stopped by the left hand like a guitar. Meanwhile, you use the remaining fingers of the right hand to play accompanying chords on the open strings. Typically, these are grouped as follows: the first twelve strings after the fretboard are accompanying strings, then the next twelve are bass strings. All these are tuned according to the circle of fifths. After that, there may be some contrabass strings tuned chromatically. As few as two or three, or as many as thirteen, depending on the type of zither. The zither is always played while lying flat on a table, which acts as a resonator to amplify the sound.Pavel (talk) 00:23, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
[edit] Jadagan
The cultural information related to the Khakass people contained in this section, while very interesting, is not directly related to the instrument and should be moved to an article about Khakass culture. Having a hyperlink in this section, however, to the related cultural information would be desireable.
146.142.69.212 (talk) 15:10, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
Looks like there's an article, under the (preferred?) spelling "Khakas." I'll link that as a stopgap, but leave the merging to someone with more of a clue. --207.178.110.185 (talk) 03:34, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
