what kind of instrument is this?

[noob3]

my girlfriend wants to buy one, but she dosn't know what it is. she says it's like a sitar, but you sit it flat. i tell her it's a steel guitar, but she dosn't think it is.

"you pluck it" she says & "they use it in traditional asian music"

first person to awnser will get a wailing solo from jen herself lol

[Krythor]

I thought maybe a kora at first but they're African and they sit upright. It's kind of like a sitar though I guess. :x

[Spectre X]

http://www.marriedtothesea.com/071906/sheng-practice.gif

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[DeadKennedys]

That's called a Qin, pronounced Chin.

[Juttin]

Yeah, those are played in most asian traditional music :rolleyes

[DeadKennedys]

Thanks juttin :)

[Big McLargehuge]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guzheng maybe?[/url]

[MLE]

i want a hammer dulcimer. it's very similar, but it's hit with two hammers instead of plucked. it's used in rennaissance music.

[FartinMowler]

Ok...over the years hangin around with a few band I've seen some instruments that I can't remember the names of but were cool.

The first is a small finger plucking instrument...my friend used it for making songs...it looked like a harp that you could pluck with your thumb.

Another was an Indian drum that made a cool "Droop" sound. It had a string inside that you would pull after you hit it and it went "Droop"

name those instruments :/

[Ninjavenom]

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