Langleik

Langleik (long instrument), ancient folk zither of Norway, known since the mid-16th c. and still played. It has a slender rectangular body of the Scheitholt type, with fixed frets placed along the left (long) side, and 4–14 steel strings of which 1 or more are melody strings, the remainder being drones. All are secured to lateral pegs. They are stopped by 3 fingers of the left hand and plucked with a plectrum. Specimens with 8 strings have 1 melody string tuned to G and 7 drones tuned c0 c1 g1…