Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The zither is a musical string instrument, mainly used in folk music. The strings are stretched across the length of the soundbox, and the instrument does not have a neck. Examples: American Appalacian dulcimer Chinese gŭzhēng Chinese hammered yãngqín Estonian kannel French épinette German Scheitholt hammered dulcimer Icelandic langspil Japanese koto Korean gayageum and geomungo Norwegian langeleik Sundanese kacapi Swedish hummel This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.