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In musical instrument classification, string instruments, or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer...

This is a list of string instruments. Agiarut (Alaska) Ainu fiddle (Ainu) Ajaeng (Korea) Alexander violin (United States) Anzad (Tuareg) Apache fiddle...

Plucked string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by plucking the strings. Plucking is a way of pulling and releasing...

The tar (from Persian: تار, lit. 'string') (lit: "String") is a long-necked, waisted lute family instrument, used by many cultures and countries including...

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...

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...

In music, strings are long flexible structures on string instruments that produce sound through vibration. Strings are held under tension so that they...

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...

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...

This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Melodica Accordion Button accordion Cajun accordion...

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...

The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings. It is usually held...

(string instrument) • Mayuri Vina or Taus • Onavillu • Behala (violin type) • Pena (musical instrument) • Pinaka vina • Pulluvan Veena - one stringed violin...

used. Instruments in the silk category include: Guqin (Chinese: 古琴; pinyin: gǔqín) – 7-stringed zithers Se (Chinese: 瑟; pinyin: sè) – 25-stringed zither...

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...

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...

The guqin ([kùtɕʰǐn] ; Chinese: 古琴) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally...

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...

long air column or string, the string and wind bass instruments are usually the largest instruments in their families or instrument classes. A difficulty...

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...