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Re: "Chinese" Music
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Jon Johanning <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 15 Mar 1999 10:09:16 -0500
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Derek Lim wrote:

>It's an instrument approximately 1.5 m in length, with 7 strings
>(generally).  Range is on the deep side.  Placed horizontally, played
>by stopping at different points of the instrument.

This sounds like an ancestor to the Japanese koto. Is that the case?

Jon Johanning // [log in to unmask]

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