The piccolo, prima, and secunda balalaikas are ideally strung with gut strings on the lower pegs and a wire string on the top peg. From LearnThat.org.
Super Mario theme played on a balalaika - Boing Boing. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
The balalaika orchestra furnished music for most events. From Wordnik.com. [Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I] Reference
She would paddle, I would sing, and pluck the balalaika string. From Wordnik.com. [The Minx From Pinsk] Reference
In one generation, from a bar mitzvah balalaika player to this. From Wordnik.com. [IsThatLegal?] Reference
Before he passed out, Kola thought he heard someone far away playing a balalaika. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
Behind her came the soft strains of violin and balalaika music from the wandering minstrels. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Desire]
The porter Yermolay passed him with his balalaika, glanced at him and shrugged his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Schoolmistress and other stories] Reference
Then I remembered the sweet rhythmic strumming of the balalaika drifting through the night air. From Wordnik.com. [Your Top Ten] Reference
I've got a balalaika; you can't play on it, can you?. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond] Reference
After that I have another 100 of vodka and play balalaika. From Wordnik.com. [Designcollector Network - All you need are links] Reference
It is from 1973 and is more like a balalaika than a mandolin. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
Russia Today Fighting in Afghanistan with balalaika at the ready. From Wordnik.com. [Ferghana.Ru news agency] Reference
A little further he met a peasant playing the balalaika at the gate. From Wordnik.com. [The Party] Reference
The sound of music came from somewhere outside, notes of the balalaika. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of the Night] Reference
It sounded a bit like gypsy music and features what appeared to be a balalaika. From Wordnik.com. [American Chronicle] Reference
Rouletabille listened to the voice dying away with the last sob of the balalaika. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of the Night] Reference
The tunes feature contrabass balalaika, domra, accordion and harpeleik, among many others. From Wordnik.com. [Expecting Rain] Reference
Compared to these fashionable European imports the balalaika increasingly fell out of favor. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Learning to play a balalaika might be easy, but describing its unusual sound is a little harder. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
He said players typically pick up a balalaika after attending a concert or seeing a performance on a video. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
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