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KOTO - 1) the general name is Japanese. string (usually plucked) instruments with a horizontal body. 2) Japan. multi-stringed plucked instrument. It has an elongated horizontal housing (average length approx. 1800 mm) with 2 resonator holes at the bottom. The vaulted upper deck is hollowed out of a whole piece of wood. Parabolic. the curvature of the vault defines a particular musical acoustic. tool properties. Silk strings (usually 13) are supported by movable bone flyers that serve for tuning. Sound is extracted by plectrons (called tsume) worn on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd fingers of the right hand. K. was used preim. as an instrument for singing. In modern times prof.practice on it are executed and instr. plays. The game on K. sovm is becoming more widespread. with other instruments - shakuhachi, shamisen, as well as shakuhachi and kokiu (the so-called ensemble of three - music of three). To. It is widely applied in sovr. Japanese home life. R. B. Galay.