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koto (long zithers, <zitherlike chordophones: plucked>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Long zithers with a slightly convex soundboard and flat bottom, having 13 silk or nylon strings each passing over its own movable, V-shaped bridge; it is considered the national instrument of Japan.
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| Terms: |
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| koto (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,PN)
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| koto (Spanish-P,D,U,SN)
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| koto (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| goto (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| kin (koto long zithers) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| 日本箏 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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| 日本古琴 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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| rì běn zhēng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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| ri ben zheng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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| jih pen cheng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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| Koto (C,V,German-P,D,SN)
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| Kotos (C,V,German,NA,PN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TT |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Sound Devices (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ sound devices (equipment) (G) |
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................ <sound devices by acoustical characteristics> (G) |
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.................... chordophones (G) |
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........................ zitherlike chordophones (G) |
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............................ <zitherlike chordophones: plucked> (G) |
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................................ long zithers (G) |
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.................................... koto (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 指一種長齊特琴，其共鳴箱微凸，底部平坦，具有十三根絲弦或尼龍弦，琴弦皆越過各自的移動式V型琴橋柱被視為日本最具代表性的樂器。 |
| Dutch ..... Langhalsciters met een licht gebolde klankbodem, een platte onderkant en 13 zijden of nylon snaren die elk over een eigen beweegbare, V-vormige kam lopen; ze worden beschouwd als het nationale instrument van Japan. |
| German ..... Wölbbrettzither mit einer leicht konvex gewölbten Resonanzdecke und flachem Boden sowie 13 Saiten aus Seide oder Nylon, die jeweils über einen eigenen V-förmigen Steg gespannt sind; die Koto wird als das Nationalinstrument Japans angesehen. |
| Spanish ..... Cítaras largas que tienen una tabla acústica levemente convexa y su parte inferior plana, 13 cuerdas de seda o nailon cada una tendida sobre su propio puente movible en forma de V; se considera como el instrumento nacional de Japón |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| goto............ |
[VP] |
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Personal Communication Ken Moore, Metropolitan Museum, suggested as lead-in term at AAT outside review, 2/92 |
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[CDBP-SNPC Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred] |
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AAT-Ned (1994-) |
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CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) |
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Diagram Group, Musical Instruments of the World (1976) illustration, 220 |
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Etnomusicologisch Centrum |
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Marcuse, Musical Instruments Dictionary (1975) |
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Sadie, New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984) illustration, Vol. 2, 465 |
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Tranchefort, Los Instrumentos Musicales (1994) |
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