Have You Every Plucked a Zither

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Now you’re wondering what I am talking about. A zither is a musical instrument. It has a flat sounding box with numerous strings over it. You place it on a horizontal surface and use a plectrum to play it along with your fingertips. I had never heard of such an instrument and found it very interesting. Have you ever plucked one @TheHorse? I am not sure if the Latvian national instrument fits in this category but it is similar so the photo is of the Latvian instrument kokle. Many beautiful traditional songs are played accompanied by the kokle. Now you know about two interesting instruments the zither and the kokle. Curious me can pass along further knowledge that just as I thought kokles are in the zither family as from the Internet: “Kokle or historically kokles (kukles) is a Latvian plucked string instrument (chordophone) belonging to the Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery along with Lithuanian kankles, Estonian kannel, Finnish kantele, and Russian krylovidnye gusli.” The link provides a Latvian folk song accompanied by kokles