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Gusle

The gusle (Serbian Cyrillic: гусле) or lahuta (Albanian: lahutë; related to English lute) is a bowed single-stringed musical instrument (and musical style) traditionally used in the Dinarides region of Southeastern Europe (in the Balkans). The instrument is always accompanied by singing; musical folklore, specifically epic poetry. The gusle player…

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Classification
Bowed string instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
321.321-71 (Bowl lyre sounded by a bow)

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Gusle

Nodes149
Edges148
Triples113
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013423
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related to Serbs · 40
Gusle → Dimitrije Karaman, Europe, European, Goethe, Grimm, Grimm's, He, Herder's, Hungarian, Hungary, In, Jacob Grimm, Józef Bartłomiej Zimorowic, Karadžić's, Kasper Miaskowski, Most, Ottoman, Polish, Romanticism, Sebastian
related to Bosniaks · 28
Gusle → Albert Lord, Alija, At Parry's, Avdo, Avdo Međedović, Banja Luka, Battle, Bosnia, Bosniak, Guslari, He, Herzegovina, Homer-like, In, In Parry's, Lika The Battle, Meho Smailagić, Milman Parry, Montenegro, Mujo Hrnjica
related to Origin · 23
Gusle → Albania, Arab, Balkans, Bosnia, Byzantine Greek, Croatia, Europe, Herzegovina, Hilandarian, In, Islamic, Montenegro, Oriental, Others, Reliable, Sachs, Serbia, Serbian, Slavs, Stefan Nemanjić
related to External links · 9
Gusle → Congress, Croatian, MajorGuslarskepesme, Peter Boro, Randall, Serbian, Serbian Culture, The History, US Library
related to Etymology · 7
Gusle → Czech, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, The, The Old Slavic, Walther Wünsch
related to Construction and use · 3
Gusle → Bosanska Krajina, Lika, The
Classification · 1
Gusle → Bowed string instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Gusle → 321.321-71 (Bowl lyre sounded by a bow)
is a · 1
Gusle → one-stringed instrument that is usually made of maple wood

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serbian instrument albanian songs epic montenegro guslar lahuta battle sound string used serbia kosovo europe poems poetry cultural also played

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GusleClassificationBowed string instrument1.00infobox
GusleHornbostel–Sachs classification321.321-71 (Bowl lyre sounded by a bow)1.00infobox
Gusleis aone-stringed instrument that is usually made of maple wood0.90text
Guslerelated to BosniaksThere0.60section
Guslerelated to BosniaksBosniak0.60section
Guslerelated to BosniaksGuslari0.60section
Guslerelated to BosniaksIn0.60section
Guslerelated to BosniaksAlija0.60section
Guslerelated to BosniaksMujo Hrnjica0.60section
Guslerelated to BosniaksMustay-Bey0.60section
Guslerelated to BosniaksLika The Battle0.60section
Guslerelated to BosniaksBanja Luka0.60section

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