0 a musical instrument shaped like a flat box, with many strings stretched across it that you pull at with your fingers or with a small piece of plastic --
Examples of that difference include a piano (a keyed zither) and a violin (referred to by some as a species of fingerboard lyre).
Other instruments, including the fiddle, zither, concertina and accordion are used to play polka or other dance music.
He later reported that his first zither was one he found in his grandmother's attic, at the age of 12.
It used to be written with the characters (lit. foreign zither), but over time the first character changed to (also pronounced yng), which means acclaimed.
The zither musician falls ill on his way back home.
To thank the boy, the musician begins to teach the boy zither and becomes his mentor and friend.
The most widespread instrument is the 13-stringed zither, called an "obo".
Court string music also included use of the seven-string zither and the 25-string zither.
