"The Royal Academy of Music in London got interested in hyperinstruments and particularly in stringed hyperinstruments, " Machover says.

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The school specializes in Arabic instruments such as the kanoun, a triangular stringed instrument a little like a horizontal harp, and the oud, a pear-shaped stringed instrument similar to a lute, and also teaches Western classical instruments and music theory.

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Following dinner, the geisha may dance to music provided by a jikata, who plays the traditional, three-stringed shamisen.

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There are several performance stages for Chinese opera and music, which have so far included concerts featuring the guqin, a stringed instrument favored by Confucius.

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