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Langeleik

Also known as Norwegian drone zither

Langeleik: photograph by Mikael Bodner
Photo: Mikael Bodner, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Strike or pluck the melody string against frets over open drone strings to play dance tunes.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Norway.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Northern and Eastern Europe.

Sources

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