zither

IPA: zˈɪðɝ

(music) A musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings placed on a horizontal surface, played with a plectrum or fingertips.
(music, translations) Related or similar instruments in other cultures, such as the Chinese guqin or Norwegian harpeleik; especially any chordophone without a neck, and with strings that pass over the body.

To play a zither.
To make a sound similar to that made by a zither; to move while making such a sound.

Examples of "zither" in Sentences

And one guy on a zither was a lot cheaper than hiring an orchestra.
The soundtrack recalls the zither music that ratchets up the tension in
Yes, indeed, the zither is a pearl, only it does not come from the depths of the sea.
Aged stringed instruments with exotic-sounding names such as zither and tremoloa hang on the walls.
A third was fingering some sort of instrument, a kind of zither or dulcimer with lengths of catgut strung along two axes, one set perpendicularly above the other.
The _Santurie_, for instance, a kind of zither, with eighteen sets of three strings each, is a most harmonious instrument from which beautiful effects can be obtained by the player.
The zither is a melancholy little instrument; in range of expression it is to the harp what the winchat is to the thrush; or to the violin, what that bird is to the nightingale; yet few instruments are so exciting: here and there along these mountain valleys you may hear a Tyrolese maid set her voice to its plaintive thin tones; but when the strings are swept madly there is mad dancing; it catches at the nerves.