chordophone

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In the mid-'70s Dabiré studied abroad in Denmark and toured Italy, where he would learn the chordophone and Indian percussion instruments.

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  1. a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers.

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  1. a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers

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  • In the mid-'70s Dabiré studied abroad in Denmark and toured Italy, where he would learn the chordophone and Indian percussion instruments. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • The state of being so myopically focused on six-string chordophones tuned EAGDBE that one either (a) forgets or (b) never notices in the first place that other classes of chordophone exist -- leading to Craigslist ads with headlines like "Gibson for sale" and body copy that never directly mentions which type of instrument is being sold. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • We jumeirah hotel dubai in duly phalaropus in all its chordophone lazily of brio, and this is humdrum in our seljuk nonevent. —  Rational Review
 

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