Jadagan
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The jadagan (Khakas: чадыған, chadyghan, Russian: чатхан, çatkhan, or Siberian harp) is a wooden board zither of the Khakass Turkic people of Russian Siberia, usually with 6 or 7 strings stretched across movable bridges and tuned a fourth or fifth apart. The body is hollowed out from underneath like an upturned trough. It has a convex surface and an end bent towards the ground. The strings are plucked and the sound is very smooth. The instrument was considered to be sacrosanct and playing it was a rite bound to taboos. The instrument was mainly used at court and in monasteries, since strings symbolised the twelve levels of the palace hierarchy.
In the West[]
Folklorist has researched the instrument,[1] and musician is a contemporary player.
Related instruments[]
- Yatga: Mongolia
- koto: Japan
- Guzheng: China
- Zither
- Se: China
- Gayageum: Korea
- Đàn tranh: Vietnam
- Kanun (instrument)
- Kanklės: Middle East
- Jetigen: Kazakhstan
- Ajaeng: Korea
- Yazheng: China
Notes[]
- ^ International Council for Traditional Music; Columbia University. Dept. of Music (1999). Directory of traditional music. International Council for Traditional Music. p. 31. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
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