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KISSAR, or GYTARAH BARBARYEH

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 837 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KISSAR, or GYTARAH BARBARYEH , the See also:ancient Nubian See also:lyre, still in use in See also:Egypt and See also:Abyssinia. It consists of a See also:body having instead of the traditional See also:tortoiseshell back a shallow, See also:round bowl of See also:wood, covered with a See also:sound-See also:board of sheepskin, in which are three small round sound-holes. The arms, set through the sound-board at points distant about the third of the See also:diameter from the circumference, have the See also:familiar See also:fan shape. Five gut strings, knotted round the See also:bar and raised from the sound-board by means of a See also:bridge tailpiece similar to that in use on the See also:modern See also:guitar, are plucked by means of a plectrum by the right See also:hand for the See also:melody, while the See also:left hand sometimes twangs some of the strings as a soft See also:drone See also:accompaniment.

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