Wordie [wûrd • ē]
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Thanks, all!
lovely list. From the Slavic side of the world comes the gusli (Russian) and the similarly named but structurally different gusle (Balkan).
kamantcha - 3-stringed Armenian fiddle.
Sheitholt, or scheitholt. (These might also go well on your "Not as Awful as They Sound" list...)
Those are some great ones, frindley--thanks. Obviously, I wasn't quite finished with this list. I'm glad we got back to it to fill it out. :-)
Two beautiful Australian stringy zingers:
tea chest bass - a single string bowed instrument in which a tea chest forms the resonator; wikipedia tells me the North American equivalent is the washtub bass
Australele - a 16-string, three-chord zither with a body similar in shape to a ukelele body (but without the neck), manufactured in the 1930s.
viol, violone, erhu (Chinese), bandura (Ukrainian, I think), hurdy-gurdy, virginal, theorbo (long-necked lute with extra courses), archlute, viola da gamba (referred to informally as the 'gamba' and therefore literally 'leg'...)
Good one, mollusque--thanks!
C_b, I added spinet. I have seen dutar (also spelled dotar or doutar), setar, and tār. All added, thanks. :-)
How about poliphant?
Since I was looking into piano moving yesterday, I found a bunch of new words—I thought a spinet was its own instrument entirely—a scrawny, weird-looking harpsichord—and it is, but apparently it's also a style of piano (shorter than an upright).
Also have you seen dutar, setar, or just tar anywhere?
Wow, how'd you find this old list again? :-)
I must have overlooked cithara the first time around. Added. As I understand it, "zither" can refer more broadly to a range of stringed instruments in which the strings don't extend beyond the sounding box. So I probably have more work to do on this list.
Hmm...not sure about bass by itself, though. Maybe I'll add the individual bass instruments.
Bass? You have guitar, and cello, and I know a bass is technically either a bass guitar or an upright bass, but... Also, do you want to add cithara? You added it on the definition page for phorminx but I don't think it's on the list. Or is it a spelling variant of zither?
Oh yes, that oughta hold off the demons. And everyone else in the world.
Add a little Screaming Sphincter Hot Sauce to the lamb's blood & you'll be protected.
Should I also wash in the blood of a freshly sacrificed lamb? I'm a little rusty on these superstitions....
You still need to add three, then it won't start with a 666 anymore. Then throw some salt over your shoulder to seal the deal. :-)
OH, NOOOOOOOOOO! =:-O
There. All better.
I'M MELLLTTTING!!!!!!!
Oh good heavens, it's the Wordie curse!
ADD a word reesetee - you're at the dreaded 6666!
No doubt a crwth-tuba would sound more pleasant! (now if I can only work crwth into a Scrabble game!
Thanks, s! Also thanks for the hardanger fiddle suggestion. :-)
Me, I go for crwth-tuba fusion myself. ;-)
dobro? Originally a brand name, it is now used generically.
Unique list! I like to relax by putting on an album of xalam music.