Re: OT: Chinese zither

In a message dated 2003:09:17 09:20:57 PM, isidora@ZAMORA.COM writes:

>Out of curiosity, how loud is a chin?
    Not at all very loud. It's mainly a solo instrument used traditionally by
scholars in their meditation/self-entertainment.
    It is very close to the level of natural sounds/ambience due to the way
it is constructed and played - it is fretless, it has no bridges (unlike its
descendants: the Chinese _zheng_, Korean _kayagum_ & _komungo_; Japanese _koto_,
etc. which _are_ fretted and have bridges.)


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