zither
C20412
concept
A zither is a stringed musical instrument consisting of a flat soundboard with multiple strings stretched across it, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| zither canonical | 9 |
| hammered dulcimer | 5 |
| Irish harp | 2 |
| monochord zither | 2 |
| plucked chordophone | 2 |
| Baltic zither | 1 |
| F-style mandolin | 1 |
| German folk instrument | 1 |
| bowl lyre | 1 |
| box-lyre | 1 |
| fretted zither | 1 |
| harp-lute | 1 |
| idiophone-stringed hybrid classification (Hornbostel–Sachs context) | 1 |
| lyre | 1 |
| plucked zither | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: zither
Generated description
A zither is a stringed musical instrument consisting of a flat soundboard with multiple strings stretched across it, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum.
Instances (27)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Appalachian dulcimer | — |
| đàn tranh | — |
| đàn bầu | monochord zither |
| kantele | — |
| Gibson F-5 style mandolin | F-style mandolin |
| kora | harp-lute |
| Cimbalom | hammered dulcimer |
| Brian Boru harp | Irish harp |
| yangqin | hammered dulcimer |
| kanklės | Baltic zither |
| kanun | — |
| krar | lyre |
| begenna | box-lyre |
| Gayageum | — |
| Geomungo | fretted zither |
|
tar (Persian lute)
linked to:
tar
|
plucked chordophone |
| scheitholt | — |
| guzheng | plucked zither |
| độc huyền cầm | monochord zither |
| Vietnamese monochord | — |
| koto | — |
| Clàrsach na Banríona | Irish harp |
| endongo lyre | bowl lyre |
| Persian santur | hammered dulcimer |
| yang qin | hammered dulcimer |
| Chinese hammered dulcimer | hammered dulcimer |
| Kanun | — |