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cekuntrung

The cekuntrung is a stringed musical instrument from Indonesia. It has 4 or 2 strings in single courses. The strings are often made of metal, but sometimes of nylon or fishing line. It can be in the form of a lute/oud or a harp.

Cekuntrung from Indonesia.
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The cekuntrung is a stringed musical instrument from Indonesia. It has 4 or 2 strings in single courses. The strings are often made of metal, but sometimes of nylon or fishing line. It can be in the form of a lute/oud or a harp. 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cekuntrung”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

cekuntrung is Indonesian musical instrument, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

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