Musical instruments: Gusli

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Gusli (Russian: Гусли) is the oldest Russian multi-string plucked instrument. Its exact history is unknown, but it may have derived from a Byzantine form of the Greek kythare, which in turn derived from the ancient lyre. It has its relatives throughout the world - kantele in Finland, kannel in Estonia, kankles and kokle in Lithuania and Latvia.


Pictures:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Russ_instr_gusli_kryl.GIF http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Russ_instr_gusli_shlem.GIF

http://www.rolandinstrument.com/img/18.jpg

http://www.barynya.com/images/zhuk/gusli_krylovidnye.jpg

http://www.gukovski.narod.ru/dsc07226.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/%D0%93%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg


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