I love Ukrainian culture
Especially Bandura music
Bandura, also called kobza , a stringed
instrument of the psaltery family considered the national musical
instrument of Ukraine. It is used chiefly to
accompany folk music. The bandura has an oval wooden body; a short,
fretless neck attached to the soundboard in an off-centre position; 4 to
8 bass strings running from the neck of the instrument to the body; and
30 or more (sometimes more than 60) chromatically tuned treble strings
stretched over the soundboard. The instrument is played in a seated
position, the body of the instrument held on the lap in a nearly
vertical position parallel to the torso. The bass strings are plucked
with the fingers of the left hand and the treble strings strummed with
the right hand.
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