Fiðla
Peg area of a fiðla
Bridge area of a fiðla
The fiðla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈfɪðla]) is a traditional Icelandic musical instrument, consisting of a box zither with two bowed strings. The strings pass over a bridge near the playing end of the instrument, and are tuned at the other end by two tuning pegs.
In modern usage fiðla means the violin.
Similar instruments
- Gue, a lost Shetland instrument which may have resembled the fiðla
- Langspil
- Tautirut, a bowed zither played by the Inuit of Hudson Bay
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