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A Benju, Benjo (Sindhi, Balochi: بینجو) is a type of Zither fitted with a keyboard, commonly used in the Sindhi music [2] [3] and Balochi music. [1]The Benju holds a significant place in the Sindh and Balochistan's musical heritage. [4]
German-born American Ruth Welcome released a number of very popular theme-based zither albums between 1958 and 1965 (e.g., Romantic Zither; Zither South of the Border; Zither Goes to Hollywood). Australian-born singer Shirley Abicair popularised the chord zither when she used it for accompaniment in her TV shows, live performances and ...
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted. There are 56 municipalities classified as cities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] Each city is further classified based on population, with Philadelphia being of the first class, Pittsburgh of the second class, Scranton of the second class A, and the remaining 53 cities being of the third class.
Oscar Schmidt was a musical instrument manufacturing company established in 1871. During its long existence, Oscar Schmidt has produced a wide range of string instruments, not only guitars but also numerous models of parlour instruments such as autoharps, celtic harps, guitar zithers, the "guitarophone" (a zither/metal-disc playing hybrid), [3] marxophones [4] and bowed psalteries (or "ukelins").
The city got its moniker for being the site of the nation's first electric-powered streetcars. Allentown. A Town [3] Band City USA [4] Peanut City [5] Silk City [6] The Queen City [7] [8] Truck Capital of the World [9] Bethlehem. Christmas City U.S.A. [10] Erie. The Flagship City [11] The Gem City [11] Hanover. Snack capital of the world [12 ...
The first banjo method was the Briggs' Banjo instructor (1855) by Tom Briggs. [36] Other methods included Howe's New American Banjo School (1857), and Phil Rice's Method for the Banjo, With or Without a Master (1858). [36] These books taught the "stroke style" or "banjo style", similar to modern "frailing" or "clawhammer" styles. [36]
The waldzither (German: "forest zither") is a plucked string instrument from Germany.It is a type of cittern that has nine (sometimes ten) steel strings in five courses. . Different types of waldzither come in different tunings, which are generally open tunings as usual in citt
Autoharp (center) by C.F. Zimmermann Co. in 1896–99; (left is a marxophone, right is a dolceola). Charles F. Zimmermann, a German immigrant in Philadelphia, was awarded a patent in 1882 for a “Harp” fitted with a mechanism that muted strings selectively during play. [3]