# Halszither

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|classification=[String instrument](/source/String_instrument)
|hornbostel_sachs= 321.322
|hornbostel_sachs_desc= [necked box lute](/source/necked_box_lute)
|developed= Switzerland
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The '''halszither''' (German for "neck zither" or "neck cittern") is a stringed instrument from Switzerland. It has nine steel strings in five courses and is tuned: G2, D3 D3, G3 G3, B3 B3, D4 D4.

==See also==
*[Cittern](/source/Cittern)
*[Waldzither](/source/Waldzither)
*[Portuguese guitar](/source/Portuguese_guitar)
*[English guitar](/source/English_guitar)

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140114031320/http://stringedinstrumentdatabase.110mb.com/ The Stringed Instrument Database]
* [http://www.halszither.ch/ Halszither.ch]
* [http://atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/ ATLAS of Plucked Instruments]

Category:Mandolin family instruments
Category:Swiss musical instruments

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