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BALALAIKA , a stringed instrument said to have retained itsSee also: primitive See also: form unchanged, very popular in See also: Russia among the peasants, more especially in See also: Ukraine
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The instrument has a triangular soundboard to which is glued a vaulted back, forming a See also: body having a triangular See also: base, enabling it to stand upright
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To the body is added a fretted neck strung with two, three or four strings, generally so See also: tined as to produce a minor chord when sounded together
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The strings are generally plucked with the fingers, but the peasants obtain charming glissando " effects by sweeping the strings lightly one after the other with the fingers or See also: side of the See also: hand
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The Balalaika is See also: common to the Slav races, who use it to accompany their folk-songs and dances
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It is also to be seen in the hands of See also: gipsies at rural festivities and fairs
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