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The kissar (also spelled kissir), tanbour or gytarah barbaryeh is the traditional Nubian lyre, still in use in Egypt, Sudan and Abyssinia. It consists of a body having instead of the traditional tortoise-shell back, a shallow, round bowl of wood, covered with a soundboard of sheepskin, in which are two small round sound-holes. The arms, set through the soundboard at points distant about the third of the diameter from the circumference, have the familiar fan shape. Five gut strings, knotted round the bar and raised from the soundboard by means of a bridge tailpiece similar to that in use on the modern guitar, are plucked by means of a plectrum by the right hand for the melody, while the left hand sometimes twangs some of the strings as a soft drone accompaniment.

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  • El kissar (també s'escriu kissir), tanbour o gytarah barbaryeh, l'antiga lira dels nubians, encara està en ús a Egipte, Sudan i Etiòpia. Consisteix en un cos que té, en lloc de la caixa de ressonància amb la tradicional closca de tortuga, una fusta rodona amb forma de bol poc profund, cobert de pell d'ovella, en què hi ha tres petits forats rodons per a la sortida del so. Els mànecs, col·locats a través de la caixa de ressonància en punts distants al voltant del terç de diàmetre de la circumferència, estan disposats en forma de ventall. Compta amb cinc cordes de budell, nuades al voltant de la barra i aixecades de la caixa de ressonància per mitjà d'un pont similar a l'utilitzat en la guitarra moderna, són pinçades per mitjà d'una pua amb la mà dreta per fer la melodia, mentre que la mà esquerra a vegades fa vibrar algunes de les cordes com un suau brunzit d'acompanyament. (ca)
  • The kissar (also spelled kissir), tanbour or gytarah barbaryeh is the traditional Nubian lyre, still in use in Egypt, Sudan and Abyssinia. It consists of a body having instead of the traditional tortoise-shell back, a shallow, round bowl of wood, covered with a soundboard of sheepskin, in which are two small round sound-holes. The arms, set through the soundboard at points distant about the third of the diameter from the circumference, have the familiar fan shape. Five gut strings, knotted round the bar and raised from the soundboard by means of a bridge tailpiece similar to that in use on the modern guitar, are plucked by means of a plectrum by the right hand for the melody, while the left hand sometimes twangs some of the strings as a soft drone accompaniment. * Egypt, 1859. The Kissar Player,painting by Frederick Goodall * Man playing kissar in Egypt The kissar has been a popular instrument in northern Sudan in Nubian and Shaigiya music, but also among the Nuba and Beja people. (en)
  • Le kissar, kissir ou gytarah barbaryeh, est une ancienne lyre des peuples de Nubie qui est encore utilisée de nos jours en Égypte et en Éthiopie. (fr)
  • Il kissar (o kissir), conosciuto anche come gytarah barbaryeh, è uno strumento musicale a corde simile alla lira o alla cetra, originario dell'Africa settentrionale, in particolare dell'antica Nubia (Sudan) e ancora in uso agli inizi del XX secolo in Abissinia ed Egitto. (it)
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  • A 19th century kissar in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (en)
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  • Sumer, Egypt, (en)
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  • Composite chordophone sounded with a plectrum (en)
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  • Kissar (en)
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  • * lyre * Cithara * harp * gue (en)
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  • Kissar (en)
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  • Le kissar, kissir ou gytarah barbaryeh, est une ancienne lyre des peuples de Nubie qui est encore utilisée de nos jours en Égypte et en Éthiopie. (fr)
  • Il kissar (o kissir), conosciuto anche come gytarah barbaryeh, è uno strumento musicale a corde simile alla lira o alla cetra, originario dell'Africa settentrionale, in particolare dell'antica Nubia (Sudan) e ancora in uso agli inizi del XX secolo in Abissinia ed Egitto. (it)
  • El kissar (també s'escriu kissir), tanbour o gytarah barbaryeh, l'antiga lira dels nubians, encara està en ús a Egipte, Sudan i Etiòpia. Consisteix en un cos que té, en lloc de la caixa de ressonància amb la tradicional closca de tortuga, una fusta rodona amb forma de bol poc profund, cobert de pell d'ovella, en què hi ha tres petits forats rodons per a la sortida del so. Els mànecs, col·locats a través de la caixa de ressonància en punts distants al voltant del terç de diàmetre de la circumferència, estan disposats en forma de ventall. Compta amb cinc cordes de budell, nuades al voltant de la barra i aixecades de la caixa de ressonància per mitjà d'un pont similar a l'utilitzat en la guitarra moderna, són pinçades per mitjà d'una pua amb la mà dreta per fer la melodia, mentre que la mà es (ca)
  • The kissar (also spelled kissir), tanbour or gytarah barbaryeh is the traditional Nubian lyre, still in use in Egypt, Sudan and Abyssinia. It consists of a body having instead of the traditional tortoise-shell back, a shallow, round bowl of wood, covered with a soundboard of sheepskin, in which are two small round sound-holes. The arms, set through the soundboard at points distant about the third of the diameter from the circumference, have the familiar fan shape. Five gut strings, knotted round the bar and raised from the soundboard by means of a bridge tailpiece similar to that in use on the modern guitar, are plucked by means of a plectrum by the right hand for the melody, while the left hand sometimes twangs some of the strings as a soft drone accompaniment. (en)
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  • Kissar (ca)
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