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Ichigenkin



The ichigenkin (一絃琴 「いちげんきん」, literally "one-string zither") is a Japanese monochord (single string) zither. Its silk string is plucked with a pointed tubular plectrum placed on the index finger of the right hand while a tubular ivory device similar to a guitar slide placed over the middle finger of the left hand presses the string against the hardwood soundboard to vary the pitch.



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