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the triangular Russian guitar that turned a peasant's complaint into a national instrument.
three sidesTriangular body with just three strings, two tuned identically
size rangeComes in six sizes, from piccolo to contrabass
soviet boostLenin's regime promoted it into folk orchestras
name originPossibly from 'balakat,' to chatter or joke around
strumming stylePlayed mostly with fast index-finger rasguedo strokes