The zither is a musical string instrument, mainly used in folk music. The strings are stretched across the length of the soundbox, and the instrument does not have a neck.

Examples:

• American Appalacian dulcimer
• Chinese gŭzhēng
• Chinese hammered yãngqín
• Estonian kannel
• French épinette
• German Scheitholt
• hammered dulcimer
• Icelandic langspil
• Japanese koto
• Korean gayageum and geomungo
• Norwegian langeleik
• Sundanese kacapi
• Swedish hummel