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...

The tar (Persian: تار [t̪ʰɒːɹ], lit. 'string') is a long-necked, waisted instrument in the lute family, used by many cultures and countries in the Middle...

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...

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 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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. Celesta Crystallophone Glass Harmonica Glass...

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...

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...

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...

styles. 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...

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...

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...

messages to electronic instruments. Imagine creating music on a stringed instrument that is simultaneously a guitar, a bass, a piano, and percussion...

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

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...

traditional music). Steel-string guitars vary in construction and materials. Different woods and approach to bracing affect the instrument's timbre or tone. While...

percussion instruments, or different types of flutes or trumpets, or string instruments that are plucked, hammered or use a form of bow. Some instruments are...

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...

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...

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...