A traditional Filipino stringed musical instrument similar to a guitar, with a distinctive twanging sound used in folk music.
From Tagalog/Filipino origin, derived from 'dada' (to pluck) and 'yag' (sound), combining descriptive words for the instrument's playing technique and acoustic qualities.
The dadayag represents how different cultures independently invented similar stringed instruments—like guitars, sitars, and lyres—showing that humans everywhere discover the same physics of sound!
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