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Kayagum

Scope note

Korean long zithers with twelve strings of twisted silk, each supported by its own high, movable bridge. They are made in two basic sizes, the larger for court and aristocratic music, which has two fixed bridges in addition to the movable ones, and the smaller for folk and virtuosic music, having one fixed bridge.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212168

Broader Terms used

long zithers

Created

13yrs ago

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