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.
See also
- Alvin Lucier's Music on a Long Thin Wire
- String orchestra
- Physics of music
- Luthiers (makers of stringed instruments)
~ 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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