Giga (instrument)
The giga was a type of bowed lyre, it was very popular especially in Norway, but also common to find in England, Iceland and Denmark.[1] It is considered to be extinct; however there are some interesting reconstruction projects. The name does not originate from Latin, but rather derives from an old Viking word that meaning for "to vibrate", "to move in a fast way": this term is also the origin for the name of the dance called Jig that is very common in Northern Europe, especially in the British isles.[citation needed]
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- Otto Emanuel Andersson. The Shetland Gue, the Welsh Crwth, and the Northern Bowed Harp. Offprint from the Budkavlen 1954, nos. 1–4. Åbo: s.n., 1956 [2]
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- Bowed lyres
- Norwegian musical instruments
- Danish musical instruments
- Lost and extinct musical instruments
- Icelandic musical instruments
- English musical instruments
- String instrument stubs