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Psaltery

A psaltery (Ancient Greek: ψαλτήριον), or sawtry, an archaic form, is a fretboard-less box zither (a simple chordophone) and is considered the archetype of the zither and dulcimer. Plucked keyboard instruments such as the harpsichord were also inspired by it. Its resonance box is usually trapezoidal, rectangular or in the form of a "pig's head" and often…

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Classification
Chordophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
314.122 (Box zither. Chordophone with one or more strings stretched between fixed points, a board for a string bearer, parallel to the plane of the strings, with a resonator box)

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Etymology

Characteristics

Medieval and Renaissance psalteries

Modern psaltery

Gallery

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Psaltery

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Triples66
Avg. degree1.96
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related to Gallery · 41
Psaltery → Ajuda, Angel, ApocalypseFrance, Benedictine Psalter, Bohemia, Bohemian, Burgos Cathedral, Cancioneiro, Cantigas, Carolingian Empire, Central Europe, Circa, Códice Rico, David, Elder, England, FranceFrance, Germany, Gorleston Psalter, Gorleston-on-Sea
related to Etymology · 6
Psaltery → Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek, Hebrew Bible, In, King James Bible, The
related to External links · 6
Psaltery → Canada, Canadian Museum, Civilisation, Making Musical Instruments, PsalteryDiscussion, The
related to Characteristics · 4
Psaltery → Greek, Phoenician, The, While
related to References · 4
Psaltery → Cambridge University Press, Chisholm, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hugh
see also · 2
Psaltery → Baltic, Qanun
Classification · 1
Psaltery → Chordophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Psaltery → 314.122 (Box zither. Chordophone with one or more strings stretched between fixed points, a board for a string bearer, parallel to the plane of the strings, with a resonator box)

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psalteries century instruments box zither dulcimer strings cantigas de santa maria chordophone instrument string rotte musical strung psalter spain playing

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PsalteryClassificationChordophone1.00infobox
PsalteryHornbostel–Sachs classification314.122 (Box zither. Chordophone with one or more strings stretched between fixed points, a board for a string bearer, parallel to the plane of the strings, with a resonator box)1.00infobox
the harpsichord were also inspired by itinstance ofPlucked keyboard instruments0.80text
Psalteryrelated to CharacteristicsWhile0.60section
Psalteryrelated to CharacteristicsGreek0.60section
Psalteryrelated to CharacteristicsThe0.60section
Psalteryrelated to CharacteristicsPhoenician0.60section
Psalteryrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Psalteryrelated to EtymologyAncient Greece0.60section
Psalteryrelated to EtymologyAncient Greek0.60section
Psalteryrelated to EtymologyIn0.60section
Psalteryrelated to EtymologyKing James Bible0.60section

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