String instrument
A string instrument (also "stringed instrument") is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones.
List of string instruments
Instruments where the strings are usually bowed
- Banhu (China)
- Bowed psaltery
- Cello
- Electric cello
- Cizhonghu (China)
- Crwth
- Dan tranh (Vietnam)
- Diyingehu (China)
- Double Bass
- Erhu (China)
- Fiddle (Central and Northern Europe)
- Gadulka (Bulgaria)
- Gaohu (China)
- Gehu (China)
- Gudok (Russia)
- Haegeum (Korea)
- Hardanger (Norway)
- Jinghu (China)
- Kemenche (Turkey)
- Kokyu (Japan)
- Matouqin (Mongolia)
- Nyckelharpa
- Psalmodikon
- Rebec
- Trumpet marine or tromba marina
- Viol
- Viola
- Viola d'amore
- Viola da gamba
- Violin
- Electric violin
- Kit violin (Master of dance violin)
- Stroh violin
- Violin octet instruments
- Violotta
- Yehu (China)
- Zhonghu (China)
- Zhuihu (China)
Instruments where the strings are usually plucked
- Bağlama
- Balalayka (Russia)
- Banjo (American)
- Bouzouki (Greece)
- Charango
- Chitarrone (Mexico)
- Cittern
- Daruan (China)
- Dombra (East Europe and Middle Asia)
- Appalachian dulcimer (American)
- Electric bass
- Gayageum (Korea)
- Guitar
- Bass guitar
- Acoustic bass guitar
- Electric guitar
- Resonator guitar (a.k.a. dobro)
- Gusli (Russia)
- Guqin (China)
- Guzheng (China)
- Harp
- Electric harp
- Harpsichord (Europe, keyboard instrument)
- Kacapi
- Kantele
- Konghou (China)
- Kora
- Koto (Japan)
- Liuqin (China)
- Lute (Europe)
- Lyre
- Mandola
- Mandolin
- Monochord
- Musical bow
- Oud (Middle East, Greece)
- Pipa (China)
- Psaltery
- Rote
- Sanxian (China)
- Sarod
- Shamisen (Japan)
- Sitar (India)
- Tres (Cuba)
- Ukulele (Hawaii)
- Veena (India)
- Vihuela (Spain)
- Paul Panhuysen's string installations
- Yueqin (China)
- Zhongruan (China)
Instruments where the strings are usually struck
- Chapman stick
- Clavichord (keyboard instrument)
- Hammered dulcimer
- Piano (keyboard instrument)
- Santur (Persia)
- Warr guitar
- Yangqin (China)
Instruments played in some other way
- Aeolian harp (air movement)
- Hurdy gurdy (rotating wheel, similar in effect to a bow)
- Ellen Fullman's Long String Instrument, rubbed, the strings vibrate in the longitudinal mode
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Sound production in string instruments |
| ► | Choosing the contact point along the string |
| ► | Sound amplification through resonance |
| ► | Production of multiple notes |
| ► | List of string instruments |
| ► | See also |
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