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Noun Concept
Categories: Nordic folk music, Bowed box zithers, String instruments with sympathetic strings, Necked box lutes, Swedish folk music
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nyckelharpa  Key fiddle  Key harp  Key Harpa  keyed fiddle
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Stemming from Sweden, the nyckelharpa, meaning "keyed fiddle" or "key harp", is a bowed chordophone, similar in appearance to a fiddle or violin, which employs key-actuated tangents along the neck to change the pitch during play, much like a hurdy-gurdy. Wikipedia
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Stemming from Sweden, the nyckelharpa, meaning "keyed fiddle" or "key harp", is a bowed chordophone, similar in appearance to a fiddle or violin, which employs key-actuated tangents along the neck to change the pitch during play, much like a hurdy-gurdy. Wikipedia
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Key fiddle, Key harp, Key Harpa, keyed fiddle, Keyed Harp, Nordic keyed fiddle, Nyckelharp, nyckelharpist, Nykleharpa, Swedish keyed fiddle
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keyed fiddle

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