The zither family of instruments may have given way to the electric guitars of today — it’s always neat to see new tech leveraged to embrace some old world charm.

Now the instrument can play modern music like jazz, blues and even rock. Now the instrument can play modern music like jazz, blues and even rock. Culture researcher and composer Thao Giang says one of ...

It's a traditional folk music instrument in European countries like Hungary, Germany and Austria. A bit like a guitar laid flat, it can be played by strumming or plucking the strings. Emma-Louise has ...

It also has a long history in Chinese musical instruments – so much so that the Mandarin term sizhu, which translates as “ silk and bamboo”, refers to string and wind musical instruments.

For most of British history, Englishmen have been able to take zither music—or leave it to the Tyrolese. Last week, nonetheless, the humble, lap-sized stringed instrument was the musical rage ...

Award-winning performer-composer-instrumentalist Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ’s Stanford Live “Harps of Asia” concerts with three renowned Asian zither masters this week represent the culmination ...

“Goldfischerl” challenged 12 zither musicians gathered Saturday morning on the sunny top floor of the German American Heritage Center in ...