page_title: Ģīga
hierarchical_section_title: Ģīga
caption_attribution_description: Latvian musical instruments English: A USSR stamp, Русский: Марка СССР (1991, ЦФА №6373).
context_page_description: The ģīga or divstīdzis is a two-stringed bowed zither found in Latvia.
  The instrument is descended from the psalmodicon, a bowed monochord developed in Sweden in 1829 for liturgical singing. From there it filtered down to the Latvian peasantry who sometimes added a second string for harmony.
context_section_description: The ģīga or divstīdzis is a two-stringed bowed zither found in Latvia.
  The instrument is descended from the psalmodicon (Latvian: vienstīdzis or manihorka), a bowed monochord developed in Sweden in 1829 for liturgical singing. From there it filtered down to the Latvian peasantry who sometimes added a second string for harmony.
caption: Postage stamp showing Latvian traditional instruments, amongst those the ģīga (2nd instrument from top)
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