Ground zither

Ground zither (Fr.: cithare en terre; Ger.: Erdzither), chordophone with a string stretched horizontally between 2 upright posts, over a bark-covered pit; a second string runs from the center of the first one to the bark cover, which is weighted down with a stone. The horizontal string is then struck with small sticks. Distributed in Asia and E. Africa, and also found in neolithic excavations on several continents. See also: amponga, amponga fantrotrarana, amponga-tany, cai trong kuan, gendang…