Kolitong
Philippine Zithers are tube bamboo or wood-stringed instruments that are plucked or struck.
It is of two kinds:
- polychordal with several strings and
- the parallel which has two strings on one side of the tube.
Some names for zithers across the Philippine islands are:
- kolitong,
- kollessing,
- kulibet,
- saluray,
- tambi,
- bamban,
- tabengbeng,
- kudling, and
- tabobo.
Parts of Kolitong
- Resonating body – made from bamboo tubes or half tubes.
- Strings – are etched out of the bamboo body and run parallel to the length of the tube.
- Frets – small wood inserted beneath the etched-out string.
Sources:
Text: Canave-Dioquino, Corazon. “Philippine Music Instruments.” National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Last modified June 2, 2015. https://ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca-3/subcommissions/subcommission-on-the-arts-sca/music/philippine-music-instruments/.
Image: Image Source:Fekke de Jager. Kolitong, 2011, digital image, Music Instruments from the Philippines, Hofberg 2, Brussel, accessed July 14, 2021, https://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/Kolitong.htm
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