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Seckou Keita accompanies a player of this instrument, Catrin Finch, on a trilogy of fusion albums beginning with Clychau Dibon. This instrument provides the core melodic accompaniment of Venezuela's national joropo dance. Medieval variants of these instruments were made to (*) "bray" by the addition of wooden slats. The classical repertoire for this national instrument of Paraguay includes an E-flat major concerto by Reinhold Gliere and a concerto by Alberto Ginastera. Alan Stivell revived a Celtic variant of this instrument called a clairseach (“clahr-shuck”), which uses levers to play accidentals and was traditionally played by Welsh bards. Modern variants of this instrument use (15[1])seven pedals to change key. For 10 points, name this instrument (15[1])whose concert grand version has 47 plucked strings. ■END■

ANSWER: harp [accept Welsh harp or Irish harp or Celtic harp or telyn or clairseach (until read); accept arpa; accept cross-strung harp or double harp; accept bray harp or gothic harp]
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= Average correct buzz position

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicMcGill A5815
Sky LiToronto AToronto Disband the Club 2k246915
Franklin WuToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaCarleton A105-5
Jared HeWaterloo AspidistraOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom10510
Jared HeWaterloo AspidistraOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom10510
Jessica TangMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiToronto B105-5
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AWaterloo Cloze10510
Stefan MihaiCarleton AToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha11910
Ben WismathToronto BMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii12010

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