Kitarody - Kitarody

Japanese: キタロディー - きたろでぃー
Kitarody - Kitarody

…An ancient Greek stringed instrument, it has two thick arms on a wooden sounding body, and usually seven (but usually 12–18) strings stretched between them, and is played with the fingers or a plectrum. Lira Although it is in the same genus as the lyre, the cithara was favored by professional musicians, whereas the lyre was for amateurs, and since the 7th century BCE, singing accompanied by the cithara, known as the citharaody, has flourished. [Kiko Takano].

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kitarodi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…木製の共鳴胴の上に太い2本の腕木がのびており,その間にわたされた横木に通常7本(多くて12~18本)の弦が張られ,指またはプレクトラムで撥奏される。古代ギリシアの弦楽器リラと同属だが,リラが素人向きであるのに対し,キタラは職業音楽家に好まれ,前7世紀以来,キタラ伴奏による歌キタロディーが栄えた。【高野 紀子】。…

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