Ten pieces of music written for the zither in the form of a diagrammatic chart, to be placed on top of the soundboard and aligned with the strings. The notation, in which the songs are written, can be grasped intuitively, and requires no knowledge of musical notation. These are a simplified form of notation known as “Unterlegblätter” (“underlying sheets”), invented in 1891 by Theodor Meinhold of Klingenthal.
Musical Instruments History File: Alan Quarterman
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object | ARC/RAT/037
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Exhibition poster: London showcase, 1973
object | ARC/HMG/PR/001/002/008
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