The ģīga is a two-stringed bowed zither found in Latvia.
The instrument is descended from the psalmodicon, a bowed monochord developed in Sweden in 1829 for liturgical singing. From there it filtered down to the Latvian peasantry who added a second string for harmony.[1]
See also
- Fiðla, a bowed zither native to Iceland
Sources
References
- ^ Folklora.lv
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