Russian traditional instrument gusli in modern sound. Listen and watch video

in music •  6 years ago  (edited)

The musician plays at VDNH Moskow
Gusli is the oldest East Slavic multi-string plucked instrument. Its exact history is unknown. It may have derived from a Byzantine form of the Greek kythare, which in turn derived from the ancient lyre. It has its relatives throughout the world: kantele in Finland, kannel in Estonia, kanklės in Lithuania and kokles Latvia. Furthermore, the kanun has been found in Arabic countries, and the autoharp, in the United States. It is also related to such ancient instruments as Chinese gu zheng, which has a thousand-year history, and its Japanese relative koto.

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