Guslice

Guslice [OSlav. gusti, to drone], Yugo. instr. corresponding to the gadulka, with rebec-shaped body, wooden belly, semicircular soundholes, and three horsehair strings. The rear pegs are set in a flat *pegdisc; it lacks both nut and fingerboard. The strings are tuned (relatively) f1 c1 g1 with the center string acting as drone; all three are touched simultaneously by the bow. Formerly they were stopped by the player's fingernails, nowadays by sideways pressure of the fingers. The guslice is a…