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barbat

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origin of Asian lute

  • koto
    In stringed instrument: Plucked lutes

    …Persia, where, as the short-necked barbat, it influenced the music of Afghanistan and Turkistan on its way to China, Korea, and Japan. The skin-bellied lute, in China the sanxian, can be traced in China only to the 13th century; from there it was taken to the Ryukyu Islands and thence…

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