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Jetigen

The jetigen is a musical instrument. Learn how it makes its sound and explore related instruments.

From Wikipedia

The jetigen is a Kazakh plucked zither. Similar to Chinese guzheng, yazheng

and se, Japanese koto, Korean gayageum and ajaeng, Mongolian yatga, Vietnamese đàn tranh, and Sundanese kacapi. The strings were sometimes made of horsehair. The jetigen is played by plucking, in a similar manner to the gusli, tube zither or box zither.

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