gusli (Traditional Russian plucked psaltery)
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Descrizione
Antico salterio a cassa russo con dalle 4 alle 36 corde in metallo, può essere suonato in più modi a seconda della variante (vedi annotazione). In origine simile a un'arpa piatta, era suonato in occasione di cerimonie e altre festività.
Annotazione
Various versions of the gusli is as follows:
Shlemovidnye or "Helmet-shaped" this is played horizontally on the lap. It is common in the southern and western regions of Kievan Rus'.
Krylovidnye or "Wing-shaped" this resembles the other Baltic-psalteries the most, it is played like the modern guitar. it was perfected by O.U. Smolensky and N.I. Prilav in 1900. It is common in the northern parts, especially Novgorod and Pskov.
Claviroobraznie or the "Clavichord" variant was invented 1914 by N.P. Fomin. it has a keyboard which enacted dampeners on the strings, thereby enabling things like glissandi and arpeggios, it is used primarily in Russian folk instrument orchestras.
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