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Class of musical instruments with vibrating strings
In musical instrument classification, string instruments, or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer
String_instrument
Iranian string instrument
The tar (Persian: تار [t̪ʰɒːɹ], lit. 'string') is an Iranian string instrument in the lute family, used by many cultures and countries in West Asia, Central
Tar_(string_instrument)
This is a list of string instruments. Agiarut (Alaska) Ainu fiddle (Ainu) Ajaeng (Korea) Alexander violin (United States) Anzad (Tuareg) Apache fiddle
List_of_string_instruments
Subcategory of string instruments
Plucked string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by plucking the strings. Plucking is a way of pulling and releasing
Plucked_string_instrument
Stringed musical instrument
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and
Banjo
String instrument played by a bow rubbing the strings
Bowed string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by a bow rubbing the strings. The bow rubbing the string causes vibration
Bowed_string_instrument
Tunings for stringed musical instruments
This is a chart of stringed instrument tunings. Instruments are listed alphabetically by their most commonly known name. A course may consist of one or
Stringed_instrument_tunings
Sound producing musical instrument component
In music, strings are long flexible structures on string instruments that produce sound through vibration. Strings are held under tension so that they
String_(music)
used. Instruments in the silk category include: Guqin (Chinese: 古琴; pinyin: gǔqín) – 7-stringed zithers Se (Chinese: 瑟; pinyin: sè) – 25-stringed zither
List of Chinese musical instruments
List_of_Chinese_musical_instruments
Experimental musical instrument
The long-string instrument is a musical instrument in which the string is of such a length that the fundamental transverse wave is below what a person
Long-string_instrument
Part of a stringed instrument
The nuts of some common instruments A nut, on a stringed musical instrument, is a small piece of hard material that supports the strings at the end closest
Nut_(string_instrument)
Fretted string instrument optimized for richer sounds
acoustic instruments, is fuller and more harmonically resonant than six-string instruments. The 12-string guitar can be played like a 6-string guitar as
Twelve-string_guitar
Electric plucked string instrument
to an instrument amplifier. Bass guitar strings are composed of a core and winding. The core is a wire which runs through the center of the string and is
Bass_guitar
medieval musical instruments Fictional music#Fictional musical instruments List of folk music traditions List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs
List_of_musical_instruments
Japanese plucked string instrument
However, 琴 (koto) is the general term for all string instruments in the Japanese language, including instruments such as the kin no koto, sō no koto, yamato-goto
Koto_(instrument)
Advanced techniques used for the bow on string instruments
String instruments are capable of producing a variety of sounds. Alternative playing techniques, or extended techniques, have been used extensively since
Bowed string instrument extended technique
Bowed_string_instrument_extended_technique
List of a country's musical instruments
gudastviri (bagpipe), string instruments like changi (harp), chonguri (four stringed unfretted long neck lute), panduri (three stringed fretted long neck
Musical instruments of Georgia
Musical_instruments_of_Georgia
Fretted string instrument
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings, though guitars with
Guitar
Measurement of a string instrument
length of a string instrument is the maximum vibrating length of the strings that produce sound, and determines the range of tones that string can produce
Scale length (string instruments)
Scale_length_(string_instruments)
Retrieved December 22, 2007. A wooden stringed instrument, similar to the zither, is considered a "national" instrument for all three countries. The Estonian
List of national instruments (music)
List_of_national_instruments_(music)
pedals are to be used, whether a string instrument should be bowed or plucked, or whether the bow of a string instrument should move up or down). A clef
List_of_musical_symbols
Fretted string instrument
These instruments may still be found in use in Mexico, although the modern six-string instrument has become far more common. Seven-string instruments retain
Seven-string_guitar
Stringed musical instrument
Nepali: एकतारे; literally 'one-string', also called, ektar, golki Nepali: गोल्) is a one-stringed musical instrument used in the traditional music of
Ektara
Ancient Chinese string instrument
(筑; pinyin: zhù (Mainland); zhú (Taiwan)) was an ancient Chinese string instrument. Though rarely used, three very old specimens in varying degrees of
Zhu_(string_instrument)
Chinese stringed musical instrument
The guqin ([kùtɕʰǐn] ) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured
Guqin
Indian drone instrument
tanpuri, tamboura, or tanpoura) is a long-necked, plucked, four-stringed instrument originating in the Indian subcontinent, found in various forms in
Tanpura
Musical instrument
mandore. His tuning illustrates tuning for both 4-stringed instruments and 5-stringed instruments. The listed tunings using fifths and fourths between
Mandore_(instrument)
Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument
(Chinese: 二胡; pinyin: èrhú; [aɻ˥˩xu˧˥]) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, that is sometimes known
Erhu
String instrument
styles. As an acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern steel-string acoustic and electric guitars
Classical_guitar
Flexible structure made from fibers twisted together
ago. String may also be a component in other tools, and in devices as diverse as weapons, musical instruments, and toys. The ubiquity of string as a tool
String
Bowed string instrument
abbreviated as cello (/ˈtʃɛloʊ/ CHEL-oh), is a medium-low pitched bowed string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect
Cello
Various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent
Shastra describes a seven-string instrument and other string instruments in 35 verses, and then explains how the instrument should be played. The technique
Veena
Topics referred to by the same term
strings C-string (clothing), a specific type of thong, or a brand of women shorts C string, a string instrument string (music) CString, a C string representation
C_string
traditional folk music of France. They comprise a range of string, wind, and percussion instruments. Gumbe — a French Guianan frame drum Kayamb (caïamb/kayanm)
Traditional French musical instruments
Traditional_French_musical_instruments
American musical instrument retailer
Johnson String Instrument is a full service provider of new and previously owned stringed instruments and accessories, including their rental, sales,
Johnson_String_Instrument
be heard in the harmonies and stringed instruments. Pre-Columbian Andean music was played on drums and string instruments, like the European pipe and tabor
Music_of_Peru
Musical instrument played using a keyboard
plucked string instruments (harpsichord, tangent piano, lautenwerck); bowed string instruments (hurdy-gurdy, bowed clavier); struck string instruments (clavichord
Keyboard_instrument
Mechanical stringed musical instrument
Problems playing this file? See media help. The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by means of a hand-cranked rosined wheel that
Hurdy-gurdy
Stringed instrument from West Africa
The kora (Manding languages: ߞߐߙߊ kɔra) is a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa. A kora typically has 21 strings, which are played by
Kora_(instrument)
Electrical string musical instrument
Electro Stringed Instrument Company. In that year Beauchamp applied for a United States patent for an Electrical Stringed Musical Instrument and the patent
Electric_guitar
Bar across the neck of stringed instruments
fretboard of a stringed instrument. Frets usually extend across the full width of the neck. On some historical instruments and non-European instruments, frets
Fret
Bowed string instrument
vitula". The earliest stringed instruments were mostly plucked (for example, the Greek lyre). Two-stringed, bowed instruments, played upright and strung
Violin
Aspect of Japanese music
instruments, known as wagakki (和楽器) in Japanese, are musical instruments used in the traditional folk music of Japan. They comprise a range of string
Traditional Japanese musical instruments
Traditional_Japanese_musical_instruments
variety of methods are used to tune different stringed instruments. Most change the pitch produced when the string is played by adjusting the tension of the
Tuning mechanisms for stringed instruments
Tuning_mechanisms_for_stringed_instruments
Part of a stringed instrument
strings on a stringed musical instrument and transmits the vibration of those strings to another structural component of the instrument—typically a soundboard
Bridge_(instrument)
Musical instrument of the guitar family
the sense of a stringed instrument) is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments of All Nations
Ukulele
Traditional Korean musical instruments comprise a wide range of string, wind, and percussion instruments. Korean string instruments include those that are
Traditional Korean musical instruments
Traditional_Korean_musical_instruments
Ancient Greek musical instrument
musical instrument in the yoke lutes family. It was a seven-stringed professional version of the lyre, which was regarded as a rustic, or folk instrument, appropriate
Kithara
Ancient Greek string instrument
and Latin lyra) is a stringed musical instrument that is classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as a member of the lute family of instruments. In organology, a lyre
Lyre
Device for making musical sounds
musical instruments. One plays a musical instrument by interacting with it in some way — for example, by plucking the strings on a string instrument, striking
Musical_instrument
Bowed string instrument
ledger lines below the staff. The double bass is the only modern bowed string instrument that is tuned in fourths (like a bass guitar, viol, or the lowest-sounding
Double_bass
Russian string musical instrument
pronunciation: [ˈdɔmrɑ], pl. домры, domry) is a long-necked Russian folk string instrument of the lute family. It has a round body and three or four metal strings
Domra
Mexican string instrument
The bajo sexto (Spanish: "sixth bass") is a Mexican string instrument from the guitar family with 12 strings in six double courses. It is played in a
Bajo_sexto
Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument
(Finnish: [ˈkɑnːel]) is a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument (chordophone). It belongs to the southeast Baltic box zither family
Kantele
Polish folk instrument
The Suka, a traditional Polish instrument, was a fiddle that is believed to have been played vertically, on the knee or hanging from a strap, with the
Suka_(string_instrument)
Playing technique for string instruments
the strings of a string instrument. The exact technique varies somewhat depending on the type of instrument: On bowed string instruments it is a method
Pizzicato
Ability of musicians to exert optimal control of their instruments and/or bodies
Different instruments require varying techniques. For example, string instruments require fingering technique, while bowed string instruments require bow
Musical_technique
Class of stringed musical instruments
Greek κιθάρα, cithara) is a class of stringed instruments, and the term also refers to a specific subset of instruments of the zither class, most usually
Zither
Extremely low-pitched string instrument
The octobass is an extremely large and rare bowed string instrument, a larger three-stringed version of the double bass, first drafted by J.A. Dubois in
Octobass
Plucked string musical instrument
A lute (/ljuːt/ or /luːt/) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or
Lute
Fretted string instrument
Appalachian dulcimer (many variant names; see below) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally
Appalachian_dulcimer
Greek plucked stringed instrument
μπουζούκι [buˈzuki]; plural. bouzoukis or bouzoukia, μπουζούκια) is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with
Bouzouki
Terms for tuning an instrument and a systems of pitches
instrument or create other playing options. To tune an instrument, often only one reference pitch is given. This reference is used to tune one string
Musical_tuning
Traditional bowed string instruments from Cambodia
tro (Khmer: ទ្រ) is Cambodia's traditional spike fiddle, a bowed string instrument that is held and played vertically. Spike fiddles have a handle that
Tro_(instrument)
Defunct American musical instrument manufacturer
The National String Instrument Corporation was an American guitar company first formed to manufacture banjos and then the original resonator guitars.
National String Instrument Corporation
National_String_Instrument_Corporation
North Indian bowed string instrument
The taus, also known as the mayuri veena, is a bowed string instrument from North India. It is a form of veena used in North India with a peacock-shaped
Taus_(instrument)
Four-stringed guitar
guitar or four-string guitar is a slightly smaller, four-string relative of the steel-string acoustic guitar or electric guitar. The instrument was initially
Tenor_guitar
Traditional Swedish musical instrument
integrated onto a bowed string instrument, producing the first keyed fiddle or proto-nyckelharpa instrument. It is unclear where the instrument first appeared
Nyckelharpa
Indian plucked stringed instrument
sitāra) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the
Sitar
Musical composition typically for a soloist with accompaniment
was mainly for a string instrument (violin, viola, cello, occasionally viola d'amore, viola da gamba or harp) or a wind instrument (flute, recorder,
Concerto
Indian string instrument
Kingri is a chordophone bowed string instrument (string spike fiddle) originating from the Indian subcontinent, similar to Rabab and Ravanastron. It has
Kingri_(string_instrument)
Greek stringed musical instrument related to the bouzouki
a Greek stringed musical instrument related to the bouzouki. Its name comes from the Turkish cura. It is made in six-string and eight-string varieties
Tzouras
Type of wave
choices) of the string are correctly specified, the sound produced is a musical tone. Vibrating strings are the basis of string instruments such as guitars
String_vibration
Mexican string instrument
The Mexican vihuela ([biˈwe.la]) is a guitar-like string instrument from 19th-century Mexico with five strings and typically played in mariachi groups
Mexican_vihuela
Japanese short necked lute
traditionally used in narrative storytelling. The biwa is a plucked string instrument that first gained popularity in China before spreading throughout
Biwa
Indian musical instrument
The Indian santoor instrument is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer, and a variation of the Iranian santur. The instrument is generally made of walnut
Santoor
Index of articles associated with the same name
The term dulcimer refers to two families of musical string instruments. The word dulcimer originally referred to a trapezoidal zither similar to a psaltery
Dulcimer
Musical instrument
chanzy (also spelled chanzi or tyanzi) (Tuvan: чанзы) is a three-stringed lute instrument from the Tuvan Republic. It looks like a long-necked banjo with
Chanzy_(instrument)
instruments of the Indian subcontinent can be broadly classified according to the Hornbostel–Sachs system into four categories: chordophones (string instruments)
List of Indian musical instruments
List_of_Indian_musical_instruments
Lutes are stringed musical instruments that include a body and "a neck which serves both as a handle and as a means of stretching the strings beyond the
History of lute-family instruments
History_of_lute-family_instruments
Musical instrument that modifies an existing class of instruments
musical instrument (also called a custom-made instrument or invented instrument) is a musical instrument that modifies or extends an existing instrument or
Experimental musical instrument
Experimental_musical_instrument
Musical instrument
that demand. Steel-string guitars vary in construction and materials. Different woods and approach to bracing affect the instrument's timbre or tone. While
Steel-string_acoustic_guitar
Chinese bowed string instrument
Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family, used primarily in Beijing opera. It is the smallest and highest pitched instrument in the huqin family
Jinghu_(instrument)
On a string instrument, position is the relative location of the hand on the instrument's neck, indicated by ordinal numbers (e.g., 3rd). Fingering, independent
Position_(music)
Regular, pulsating change of pitch in music
spontaneously through variations in the larynx. The vibrato of a string instrument and wind instrument is an imitation of that vocal function. Vibrato can also
Vibrato
Wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency
In music, harmonics are used on string instruments and wind instruments as a way of producing sound on the instrument, particularly to play higher notes
Harmonic
Welsh musical instrument
also called a crowd or rote or crotta, is a bowed lyre, a type of stringed instrument, associated particularly with Welsh music, now archaic but once widely
Crwth
Topics referred to by the same term
long-necked string instruments originating in the Southern or Central Asia (Mesopotamia and Persia/Iran) Tamboori, an Indian melodic instrument similar to
Tambura
Ancient string instrument
ancient Greek string instrument, belonged in the broad class of the lute and guitar instruments. Akkadians played similar instruments from the 3rd millennium
Pandura
Chinese plucked string instrument
ruan (Chinese: 阮; pinyin: ruǎn) is a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument. It is a lute with a fretted neck, a circular body, and four strings
Ruan_(instrument)
Traditional Japanese string instrument
kokyū (胡弓) is the only traditional Japanese string instrument played with a bow. A variant of the instrument also exists in Okinawa, called kūchō (胡弓) in
Kokyū
Bowed string instrument traditionally used in the Balkans and Anatolia
(Macedonian: ќемане, pronounced ['cɛmanɛ]; Serbian: ћемане) is a bowed string instrument traditionally used in the Balkans and Anatolia. It is the Macedonian
Kemane
Plucked Hindustani string instrument
rudra vīnā), also called the bīn in North India, is a large plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music, especially dhrupad. It is one of the major
Rudra_veena
Middle Eastern string instrument
Azerbaijani: qanun; Uyghur: قالون, romanized: qalon) is a Middle Eastern string instrument played either solo, or more often as part of an ensemble, in much
Qanun_(instrument)
Traditional Chinese string instrument
Chinese string instrument. It is a lute with a round, hollow soundboard, a short fretted neck, and usually four strings. It is an important instrument in the
Yueqin
Any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute families
The cuatro is a family of Latin American string instruments played in Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and other Latin American countries. It is derived
Cuatro_(instrument)
Georgian musical trio
polyphonic singing accompanied by a panduri, a traditional Georgian string instrument. They became popular in Georgia when they uploaded a music video in
Trio_Mandili
Typical tuning of a string instrument
In music, standard tuning refers to the typical tuning of a string instrument. This notion is contrary to that of scordatura, i.e. an alternate tuning
Standard_tuning
Korean traditional string instrument
The haegeum (Korean: 해금) is a traditional Korean string instrument, resembling a vertical fiddle with two strings; derived from the ancient Chinese xiqin
Haegeum
Traditional long-necked string instrument
educational musical institutions. The "Azerbaijani tar" or "11 string tar" is an instrument in a slightly different shape from the Persian Tar and was developed
Tar_(Azerbaijani_instrument)
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