Ģīga
Musical string instrument
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The ģīga or divstīdzis is a two-stringed bowed zither found in Latvia.
The instrument is descended from the psalmodicon (Latvian: vienstīdzis or manihorka), a bowed monochord developed in Sweden in 1829 for liturgical singing. From there it filtered down to the Latvian peasantry who sometimes added a second string for harmony.[1]
See also
- Giga, a type of bowed lyre
- Fiðla, a bowed zither native to Iceland
Sources
- Folklora.lv
References
- ^ Folklora.lv
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Latvian musical instruments
- Eglīte
- Trīdeksnis
- Vargāns
- Velna bungas
- Robdēlis
- Dūda
- Ģīga
- Kokles (zither kokles, concert kokles)
- Pūšļa vijole
- Spēles
- Dūdas
- Ganurags
- Rags
- Stabule
- Svilpaunieks
- Taure
- Tāšu taure
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