The Paraguayan harp is the national instrument of Paraguay, and similar instruments are used elsewhere in South America, particularly Venezuela.
It is a diatonic harp with 32, 36, 38 or 40 strings, made from tropical wood, with an exaggerated neck-arch, played with the fingernail. It accompanies songs in the Guarani language.
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