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.sidebar-list-title-c{padding:0 0.4em;text-align:center;margin:0 3.3em}@media(max-width:640px){body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:100%!important;clear:both;float:none!important;margin-left:0!important;margin-right:0!important}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .sidebar a>img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) 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In some <a href="/wiki/Keyboard_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Keyboard (music)">keyboard</a> instruments, such as the <a href="/wiki/Harpsichord" title="Harpsichord">harpsichord</a>, the musician presses a key that plucks the string. Other musical instruments generate sound by striking the string. </p><p>With bowed instruments, the player pulls a rosined horsehair bow across the strings, causing them to vibrate. With a <a href="/wiki/Hurdy-gurdy" title="Hurdy-gurdy">hurdy-gurdy</a>, the musician cranks a wheel whose rosined edge touches the strings. </p><p>Bowed instruments include the <a href="/wiki/String_section" title="String section">string section</a> instruments of the <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a> in <a href="/wiki/Western_classical_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Western classical music">Western classical music</a> (<a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viola" title="Viola">viola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">cello</a> and <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double bass</a>) and a number of other instruments (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Viol" title="Viol">viols</a> and <a href="/wiki/Viol" title="Viol">gambas</a> used in <a href="/wiki/Early_music" title="Early music">early music</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Baroque_music" title="Baroque music">Baroque music</a> era and <a href="/wiki/Fiddle" title="Fiddle">fiddles</a> used in many types of <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a>). All of the bowed string instruments can also be plucked with the fingers, a technique called "<a href="/wiki/Pizzicato" title="Pizzicato">pizzicato</a>". A wide variety of techniques are used to sound notes on the <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a>, including plucking with the fingernails or a plectrum, strumming and even "<a href="/wiki/Tapping" title="Tapping">tapping</a>" on the fingerboard and using <a href="/wiki/Feedback_(guitar)" class="mw-redirect" title="Feedback (guitar)">feedback</a> from a loud, <a href="/wiki/Distortion_(music)" title="Distortion (music)">distorted</a> <a href="/wiki/Guitar_amplifier" title="Guitar amplifier">guitar amplifier</a> to produce a sustained sound. </p><p>Some string instruments are mainly plucked, such as the <a href="/wiki/Harp" title="Harp">harp</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Electric_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric bass">electric bass</a>. Other examples include the <a href="/wiki/Sitar" title="Sitar">sitar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rebab" title="Rebab">rebab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">banjo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">mandolin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukulele" title="Ukulele">ukulele</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bouzouki" title="Bouzouki">bouzouki</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Hornbostel%E2%80%93Sachs" title="Hornbostel–Sachs">Hornbostel–Sachs</a> scheme of <a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument_classification" title="Musical instrument classification">musical instrument classification</a>, used in <a href="/wiki/Organology" title="Organology">organology</a>, string instruments are called chordophones. According to <a href="/wiki/Curt_Sachs" title="Curt Sachs">Sachs</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESachs1940463_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESachs1940463-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Chordophones are instruments with strings. The strings may be struck with sticks, plucked with the bare fingers or a plectrum, bowed or (in the Aeolian harp, for instance) sounded by wind. The confusing plenitude of stringed instruments can be reduced to four fundamental type: zithers, lutes, lyres, and harps.</p></blockquote> <p>In most string instruments, the vibrations are transmitted to the body of the instrument, which often incorporates some sort of hollow or enclosed area. The body of the instrument also vibrates, along with the air inside it. The vibration of the body of the instrument and the enclosed hollow or chamber make the vibration of the string more audible to the performer and audience. The body of most string instruments is hollow, in order to have better sound projection. Some, however—such as <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a> and other instruments that rely on electronic amplification—may have a solid wood body. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Classification"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Classification</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Earliest_string_instruments"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Earliest string instruments</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Lutes"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Lutes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Renaissance_to_modern"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Renaissance to modern</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Types_of_instruments"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Types of instruments</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Construction"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Construction</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Playing_techniques"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Playing techniques</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Plucking"><span class="tocnumber">5.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Plucking</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#Bowing"><span class="tocnumber">5.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Bowing</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Striking"><span class="tocnumber">5.2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Striking</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="#Other_methods"><span class="tocnumber">5.2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Other methods</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Changing_the_pitch_of_a_vibrating_string"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Changing the pitch of a vibrating string</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Length"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Length</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Tension"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Tension</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Linear_density"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Linear density</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#String_length_or_scale_length"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">String length or scale length</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Contact_points_along_the_string"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Contact points along the string</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Production_of_multiple_notes"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Production of multiple notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#Sympathetic_strings"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Sympathetic strings</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Sound_production"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Sound production</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Acoustic_instruments"><span class="tocnumber">11.1</span> <span class="toctext">Acoustic instruments</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Electronic_amplification"><span class="tocnumber">11.2</span> <span class="toctext">Electronic amplification</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#Symphonic_strings"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Symphonic strings</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">15</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Classification">Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Classification" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Musicology" title="Musicology">musicology</a>, string instruments are known as chordophones. It is one of the five main divisions of instruments in the <a href="/wiki/Hornbostel%E2%80%93Sachs" title="Hornbostel–Sachs">Hornbostel–Sachs</a> scheme of <a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument_classification" title="Musical instrument classification">musical instrument classification</a>. </p><p>Hornbostel–Sachs divides chordophones into two main groups: instruments without a <a href="/wiki/Resonator" title="Resonator">resonator</a> as an integral part of the instrument (which have the classification number 31, also known as 'simple'); and instruments with such a resonator (which have the classification number 32, also known as 'composite'). Most western instruments fall into the second group, but the <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harpsichord" title="Harpsichord">harpsichord</a> fall into the first. Hornbostel and Sachs' criterion for determining which sub-group an instrument falls into is that if the resonator can be removed without destroying the instrument, then it is classified as 31. The idea that the piano's casing, which acts as a resonator, could be removed without destroying the instrument, may seem odd, but if the action and strings of the piano were taken out of its box, it could still be played. This is not true of the <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violin</a>, because the string passes over a bridge located on the resonator box, so removing the resonator would mean the strings had no tension. </p><p>Curt Sachs also broke chordophones into four basic subcategories, "zithers, lutes, lyres and harps."<sup id="cite_ref-sachschordophones463-467_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sachschordophones463-467-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zither" title="Zither">Zithers</a> include <i>stick zithers</i> such as the <a href="/wiki/Musical_bow" title="Musical bow">musical bow</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tube_zither" title="Tube zither">tube zithers</a></i> with a tube as the resonator such as the <a href="/wiki/Valiha" title="Valiha">valiha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raft_zither" title="Raft zither">raft zithers</a> in which tube zithers are tied into a single "raft", <i>board zithers</i> including <a href="/wiki/Clavichord" title="Clavichord">clavichord</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dulcimer_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dulcimer (disambiguation)">dulcimer</a>, and <i>long zithers</i> (described as combination of half-tube and board zithers) including <a href="/wiki/Se_(instrument)" title="Se (instrument)">Se</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guzheng" title="Guzheng">Guzheng</a> families.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">Lutes</a> 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 body."<sup id="cite_ref-sachsshortlong_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sachsshortlong-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lute family includes not only <i>short-necked plucked lutes</i> such as the <a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">lute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oud" title="Oud">oud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pipa" title="Pipa">pipa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Citole" title="Citole">citole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gittern" title="Gittern">gittern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandore_(instrument)" title="Mandore (instrument)">mandore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rubab_(instrument)" title="Rubab (instrument)">rubab</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gambus" class="mw-redirect" title="Gambus">gambus</a> and <i>long-necked plucked lutes</i> such as the <a href="/wiki/Tanbura" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanbura">tanbura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swarabat" title="Swarabat">swarabat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ba%C4%9Flama" title="Bağlama">bağlama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bouzouki" title="Bouzouki">bouzouki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Veena" title="Veena">veena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theorbo" title="Theorbo">theorbo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archlute" title="Archlute">archlute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pandura" title="Pandura">pandura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sitar" title="Sitar">sitar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Setar" title="Setar">setar</a>, but also <i>bowed instruments</i> such as the <a href="/wiki/Yayl%C4%B1_tambur" title="Yaylı tambur">Yaylı tambur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rebab" title="Rebab">rebab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erhu" title="Erhu">erhu</a>, and entire family of <a href="/wiki/Viol" title="Viol">viols</a> and <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sachsshortlong_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sachsshortlong-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Lyre" title="Lyre">lyre</a> has two arms, which have a "yoke" or crossbar connecting them, and strings between the crossbar and the soundboard.<sup id="cite_ref-sachschordophones463-467_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sachschordophones463-467-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sachs divided this into the <i>box lyre</i> such as the Greek <a href="/wiki/Kithara" title="Kithara">kithara</a> and the <i>bowl lyre</i> which used a bowl on its side with skin <a href="/wiki/Sound_board_(music)" title="Sound board (music)">soundboard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sachschordophones463-467_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sachschordophones463-467-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Harp" title="Harp">harp</a> which has strings vertical to the soundboard.<sup id="cite_ref-sachschordophones463-467_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sachschordophones463-467-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Earliest_string_instruments">Earliest string instruments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" 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style="width:303px;max-width:303px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Harp-luit_TMnr_A-11006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="Harp lute, from West Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Harp-luit_TMnr_A-11006.jpg/150px-COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Harp-luit_TMnr_A-11006.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="108" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="503"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 108px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Harp-luit_TMnr_A-11006.jpg/150px-COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Harp-luit_TMnr_A-11006.jpg" data-alt="Harp lute, from West Africa" data-width="150" data-height="108" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Harp-luit_TMnr_A-11006.jpg/225px-COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Harp-luit_TMnr_A-11006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Harp-luit_TMnr_A-11006.jpg/300px-COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Harp-luit_TMnr_A-11006.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Bow Harp or Harp Lute, West Africa</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:147px;max-width:147px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MusicalBow.gif" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="Musical bow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/MusicalBow.gif/145px-MusicalBow.gif" decoding="async" width="145" height="108" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="335"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 145px;height: 108px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/MusicalBow.gif/145px-MusicalBow.gif" data-alt="Musical bow" data-width="145" data-height="108" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/MusicalBow.gif/218px-MusicalBow.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/MusicalBow.gif/290px-MusicalBow.gif 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Musical_bow" title="Musical bow">Musical bows</a> have survived in some parts of Africa.</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Dating to around <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 13,000 BC</span>, a cave painting in the <a href="/wiki/Trois_Fr%C3%A8res" class="mw-redirect" title="Trois Frères">Trois Frères</a> cave in France depicts what some believe is a <a href="/wiki/Musical_bow" title="Musical bow">musical bow</a>, a hunting bow used as a single-stringed musical instrument.<sup id="cite_ref-vanCampen_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanCampen-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-frerescavedate_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frerescavedate-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the musical bow, families of stringed instruments developed; since each string played a single note, adding strings added new notes, creating <a href="/wiki/African_harp" title="African harp">bow harps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harp" title="Harp">harps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lyres" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyres">lyres</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005179,_231,_235–236,_308–310_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005179,_231,_235%E2%80%93236,_308%E2%80%93310-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In turn, this led to being able to play <a href="/wiki/Dyad_(music)" title="Dyad (music)">dyads</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chord_(music)" title="Chord (music)">chords</a>. Another innovation occurred when the bow harp was straightened out and a <a href="/wiki/Bridge_(instrument)" title="Bridge (instrument)">bridge</a> used to lift the strings off the <a href="/wiki/Neck_(music)" title="Neck (music)">stick-neck</a>, creating the lute.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005308–310_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005308%E2%80%93310-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This picture of musical bow to harp bow is theory and has been contested. In 1965 Franz Jahnel wrote his criticism stating that the early ancestors of plucked instruments are not currently known.<sup id="cite_ref-Jahnel_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jahnel-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He felt that the harp bow was a long cry from the sophistication of the civilizations of western Asia in 4000 BC that took the primitive technology and created "technically and artistically well-made harps, lyres, citharas, and lutes."<sup id="cite_ref-Jahnel_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jahnel-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Archaeological digs have identified some of the earliest stringed instruments in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Mesopotamia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Mesopotamia">Ancient Mesopotamian</a> sites, like the <a href="/wiki/Lyres_of_Ur" title="Lyres of Ur">lyres of Ur</a>, which include artifacts over three thousand years old. The development of <a href="/wiki/Lyre" title="Lyre">lyre</a> instruments required the <a href="/wiki/Music_technology_(mechanical)" title="Music technology (mechanical)">technology</a> to create a tuning mechanism to tighten and loosen the string tension. Lyres with wooden bodies and strings used for plucking or playing with a bow represent key instruments that point towards later harps and violin-type instruments; moreover, Indian instruments from 500 BC have been discovered with anything from 7 to 21 strings. In Vietnam, a 2,000 year old, singularly stringed instrument made of deer antler was also discovered. <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Lutes">Lutes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lutes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <dl><dd><i>See: <a href="/wiki/History_of_lute-family_instruments" title="History of lute-family instruments">History of lute-family instruments</a></i></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:293px;max-width:293px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:167px;max-width:167px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="Gandhara banquet with lute player" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG/165px-Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG" decoding="async" width="165" height="111" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1232" data-file-height="830"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 165px;height: 111px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG/165px-Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG" data-alt="Gandhara banquet with lute player" data-width="165" data-height="111" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG/248px-Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG/330px-Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Hellenistic banquet scene from the 1st century AD, <a href="/wiki/Hadda,_Afghanistan" title="Hadda, Afghanistan">Hadda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gandhara" title="Gandhara">Gandhara</a>. Lute player far right.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M%C3%A9rida_pandurium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="Sculpture of a Roman pandura in Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/M%C3%A9rida_pandurium.jpg/120px-M%C3%A9rida_pandurium.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 120px;height: 160px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/M%C3%A9rida_pandurium.jpg/120px-M%C3%A9rida_pandurium.jpg" data-alt="Sculpture of a Roman pandura in Spain" data-width="120" data-height="160" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/M%C3%A9rida_pandurium.jpg/180px-M%C3%A9rida_pandurium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/M%C3%A9rida_pandurium.jpg/240px-M%C3%A9rida_pandurium.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Spanish <a href="/wiki/Stele" title="Stele">stele</a> of a boy with a <a href="/wiki/Pandura" title="Pandura">pandura</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Musicologists have put forth examples of that 4th-century BC technology, looking at engraved images that have survived. The earliest image showing a lute-like instrument came from <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a> prior to 3000 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-Dumbrillp321_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dumbrillp321-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Cylinder_seal" title="Cylinder seal">cylinder seal</a> from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 3100 BC</span> or earlier (now in the possession of the British Museum) shows what is thought to be a woman playing a stick lute.<sup id="cite_ref-Dumbrillp321_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dumbrillp321-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Britishmuseum_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britishmuseum-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the surviving images, theorists have categorized the Mesopotamian lutes, showing that they developed into a long variety and a short.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005310_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005310-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line of long lutes may have developed into the <a href="/wiki/Tambur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tambur">tamburs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pandura" title="Pandura">pandura</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line of short lutes was further developed to the east of Mesopotamia, in <a href="/wiki/Bactria" title="Bactria">Bactria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gandhara" title="Gandhara">Gandhara</a>, and Northwest India, and shown in sculpture from the 2nd century BC through the 4th or 5th centuries AD.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Medieval_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval era">medieval era</a>, instrument development varied in different regions of the world. Middle Eastern rebecs represented breakthroughs in terms of shape and strings, with a half a pear shape using three strings. Early versions of the violin and fiddle, by comparison, emerged in Europe through instruments such as the <a href="/wiki/Gittern" title="Gittern">gittern</a>, a four-stringed precursor to the guitar, and basic <a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">lutes</a>. These instruments typically used catgut (animal intestine) and other materials, including silk, for their strings. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Renaissance_to_modern">Renaissance to modern</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Renaissance to modern" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Viol,_fidel_and_rebec.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Viol%2C_fidel_and_rebec.jpg/220px-Viol%2C_fidel_and_rebec.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Viol%2C_fidel_and_rebec.jpg/220px-Viol%2C_fidel_and_rebec.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Viol%2C_fidel_and_rebec.jpg/330px-Viol%2C_fidel_and_rebec.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Viol%2C_fidel_and_rebec.jpg/440px-Viol%2C_fidel_and_rebec.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Viol, <a href="/wiki/Vielle" title="Vielle">fidel</a> and rebec (from left to right) on display at <i>Amakusa Korejiyokan</i> in Amakusa, Kumamoto, Japan</figcaption></figure> <p>String instrument design was refined during the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> and into the <a href="/wiki/Baroque_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Baroque period">Baroque period</a> (1600–1750) of musical history. <a href="/wiki/Violins" class="mw-redirect" title="Violins">Violins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Guitars">guitars</a> became more consistent in design and were roughly similar to acoustic guitars of the 2000s. The violins of the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> featured intricate woodwork and stringing, while more elaborate bass instruments such as the bandora were produced alongside quill-plucked <a href="/wiki/Cittern" title="Cittern">citterns</a>, and Spanish body guitars. </p><p>In the 19th century, string instruments were made more widely available through mass production, with wood string instruments a key part of orchestras – cellos, violas, and upright basses, for example, were now standard instruments for chamber ensembles and smaller orchestras. At the same time, the 19th-century guitar became more typically associated with six-string models, rather than traditional five-string versions. </p><p>Major changes to string instruments in the 20th century primarily involved innovations in electronic <a href="/wiki/Instrument_amplification" class="mw-redirect" title="Instrument amplification">instrument amplification</a> and electronic music – electric violins were available by the 1920s and were an important part of emerging jazz music trends in the United States. The <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" title="Acoustic guitar">acoustic guitar</a> was widely used in <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, but as an acoustic instrument, it was not loud enough to be a solo instrument, so these genres mostly used it as an <a href="/wiki/Accompaniment" title="Accompaniment">accompaniment</a> <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_section" title="Rhythm section">rhythm section</a> instrument. In <a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">big bands</a> of the 1920s, the <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" title="Acoustic guitar">acoustic guitar</a> played backing chords, but it was not loud enough to play solos like the <a href="/wiki/Saxophone" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">trumpet</a>. The development of guitar amplifiers, which contained a <a href="/wiki/Power_amplifier" class="mw-redirect" title="Power amplifier">power amplifier</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Loudspeaker" title="Loudspeaker">loudspeaker</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Speaker_enclosure" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker enclosure">wooden cabinet</a>, let <a href="/wiki/Jazz_guitar" title="Jazz guitar">jazz guitarists</a> play solos and be heard over a big band. The development of the <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a> provided guitarists with an instrument that was built to connect to guitar amplifiers. Electric guitars have <a href="/wiki/Magnetic_pickup" class="mw-redirect" title="Magnetic pickup">magnetic pickups</a>, <a href="/wiki/Potentiometer" title="Potentiometer">volume control knobs</a> and an output jack. </p><p>In the 1960s, larger, more powerful guitar amplifiers were developed, called "stacks". These powerful amplifiers enabled guitarists to perform in rock bands that played in large venues such as stadiums and outdoor music festivals (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Woodstock_Music_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodstock Music Festival">Woodstock Music Festival</a>). Along with the development of guitar amplifiers, a large range of electronic <a href="/wiki/Effects_unit" title="Effects unit">effects units</a>, many in small <a href="/wiki/Stompbox" class="mw-redirect" title="Stompbox">stompbox</a> pedals, were introduced in the 1960s and 1970s, such as <a href="/wiki/Fuzz_pedal" class="mw-redirect" title="Fuzz pedal">fuzz pedals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flanger" class="mw-redirect" title="Flanger">flangers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Phaser_(effect)" title="Phaser (effect)">phasers</a>, enabling performers to create unique new sounds during the <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic rock</a> era. Breakthroughs in <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a> and bass technologies and playing styles enabled major breakthroughs in pop and rock music in the 1960s and 1970s. The distinctive sound of the amplified electric guitar was the centerpiece of new genres of music such as <a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">blues rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jazz_fusion" title="Jazz fusion">jazz-rock fusion</a>. The sonic power of the loudly amplified, highly <a href="/wiki/Distortion_(music)" title="Distortion (music)">distorted</a> electric guitar was the key element of the early <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal music</a>, with the distorted guitar being used in <a href="/wiki/Lead_guitar" title="Lead guitar">lead guitar</a> roles, and with <a href="/wiki/Power_chord" title="Power chord">power chords</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_guitar" title="Rhythm guitar">rhythm guitar</a>. </p><p>The ongoing use of electronic amplification and effects units in string instruments, ranging from traditional instruments like the violin to the new electric guitar, added variety to <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_classical_music" title="Contemporary classical music">contemporary classical music</a> performances, and enabled experimentation in the dynamic and timbre (tone colour) range of orchestras, bands, and solo performances.<sup id="cite_ref-mp_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mp-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Types_of_instruments">Types of instruments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Types of instruments" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dinastia_tang,_coppia_di_musici_a_cavallo,_VIII-IX_secolo_ca._02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Dinastia_tang%2C_coppia_di_musici_a_cavallo%2C_VIII-IX_secolo_ca._02.jpg/220px-Dinastia_tang%2C_coppia_di_musici_a_cavallo%2C_VIII-IX_secolo_ca._02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="244" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2688" data-file-height="2976"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 244px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Dinastia_tang%2C_coppia_di_musici_a_cavallo%2C_VIII-IX_secolo_ca._02.jpg/220px-Dinastia_tang%2C_coppia_di_musici_a_cavallo%2C_VIII-IX_secolo_ca._02.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="244" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Dinastia_tang%2C_coppia_di_musici_a_cavallo%2C_VIII-IX_secolo_ca._02.jpg/330px-Dinastia_tang%2C_coppia_di_musici_a_cavallo%2C_VIII-IX_secolo_ca._02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Dinastia_tang%2C_coppia_di_musici_a_cavallo%2C_VIII-IX_secolo_ca._02.jpg/440px-Dinastia_tang%2C_coppia_di_musici_a_cavallo%2C_VIII-IX_secolo_ca._02.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>A woman playing some kind of string instrument while riding a horse, <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Construction">Construction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Construction" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>String instruments can be divided into three groups: </p> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">Lutes</a></dt> <dd>Instruments that support the strings via a <a href="/wiki/Neck_(music)" title="Neck (music)">neck</a> and a bout (gourd), for instance a guitar, violin, or <a href="/wiki/Baglama" class="mw-redirect" title="Baglama">saz</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Harp" title="Harp">Harps</a></dt> <dd>Instruments that contain the strings within a frame</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Zither" title="Zither">Zithers</a></dt> <dd>Instruments that have the strings mounted on a body, <a href="/wiki/Frame_zither" title="Frame zither">frame</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tube_zither" title="Tube zither">tube</a>, such as a <a href="/wiki/Guqin" title="Guqin">guqin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cimbalom" title="Cimbalom">cimbalom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Autoharp" title="Autoharp">autoharp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harpsichord" title="Harpsichord">harpsichord</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Valiha" title="Valiha">valiha</a></dd></dl> <p>It is also possible to divide the instruments into categories focused on how the instrument is played. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playing_techniques">Playing techniques</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Playing techniques" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_string_instruments" title="List of string instruments">List of string instruments</a></div><p>All string instruments produce sound from one or more <a href="/wiki/Vibrating_string" class="mw-redirect" title="Vibrating string">vibrating strings</a>, transferred to the air by the body of the instrument (or by a pickup in electronically amplified instruments). They are usually categorised by the technique used to make the strings vibrate (or by the primary technique, in the case of instruments where more than one may apply). The three most common techniques are plucking, bowing, and striking. An important difference between bowing and plucking is that in the former the phenomenon is periodic so that the overtones are kept in a strictly harmonic relationship to the fundamental.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Plucking">Plucking</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Plucking" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Plucked_string_instrument" title="Plucked string instrument">Plucked string instrument</a></div> <p>Plucking is a method of playing on instruments such as the <a href="/wiki/Veena" title="Veena">veena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">banjo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukulele" title="Ukulele">ukulele</a>, guitar, harp, <a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">lute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">mandolin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oud" title="Oud">oud</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sitar" title="Sitar">sitar</a>, using either a finger, thumb, or quills (now plastic plectra) to pluck the strings. </p><p>Instruments normally played by bowing (see below) may also be plucked, a technique referred to by the Italian term <i><a href="/wiki/Pizzicato" title="Pizzicato">pizzicato</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bowing">Bowing</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bowing" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bowed_string_instrument" title="Bowed string instrument">Bowed string instrument</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bowing_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bowing (music)">Bowing</a> (Italian: <i>arco</i>) is a method used in some string instruments, including the <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viola" title="Viola">viola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">cello</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double bass</a> (of the <a href="/wiki/Violin_family" title="Violin family">violin family</a>), and the old <a href="/wiki/Viol" title="Viol">viol</a> family. The <a href="/wiki/Bow_(music)" title="Bow (music)">bow</a> consists of a stick with a "ribbon" of parallel horse tail hairs stretched between its ends. The hair is coated with <a href="/wiki/Rosin" title="Rosin">rosin</a> so it can grip the string; moving the hair across a string causes a <a href="/wiki/Stick-slip_phenomenon" class="mw-redirect" title="Stick-slip phenomenon">stick-slip phenomenon</a>, making the string <a href="/wiki/Vibration" title="Vibration">vibrate</a>, and prompting the instrument to emit sound. Darker grades of rosin grip well in cool, dry climates, but may be too sticky in warmer, more humid weather. Violin and viola players generally use harder, lighter-colored rosin than players of lower-pitched instruments, who tend to favor darker, softer rosin.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ravanahatha" title="Ravanahatha">ravanahatha</a> is one of the oldest string instruments. Ancestors of the modern bowed string instruments are the <a href="/wiki/Rebab" title="Rebab">rebab</a> of the Islamic Empires, the Persian <a href="/wiki/Kamanche" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamanche">kamanche</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_lira" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine lira">Byzantine lira</a>. Other bowed instruments are the <a href="/wiki/Rebec" title="Rebec">rebec</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hardingfele" class="mw-redirect" title="Hardingfele">hardingfele</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nyckelharpa" title="Nyckelharpa">nyckelharpa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koky%C5%AB" title="Kokyū">kokyū</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erhu" title="Erhu">erhu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Igil" title="Igil">igil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarangi" title="Sarangi">sarangi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morin_khuur" title="Morin khuur">morin khuur</a>, and <a href="/wiki/K%27ni" title="K'ni">K'ni</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Hurdy-gurdy" title="Hurdy-gurdy">hurdy-gurdy</a> is bowed by a wheel. Rarely, the <a href="/wiki/Bowed_guitar" title="Bowed guitar">guitar has been played with a bow</a> (rather than plucked) for unique effects. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Striking">Striking</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Striking" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The third common method of sound production in stringed instruments is to strike the string. The piano and <a href="/wiki/Hammered_dulcimer" title="Hammered dulcimer">hammered dulcimer</a> use this method of sound production. Even though the piano strikes the strings, the use of felt hammers means that the sound that is produced can nevertheless be mellow and rounded, in contrast to the sharp attack produced when a very hard hammer strikes the strings. </p><p>Violin family string instrument players are occasionally instructed to strike the string with the stick of the bow, a technique called <i><a href="/wiki/Col_legno" title="Col legno">col legno</a></i>. This yields a percussive sound along with the pitch of the note. A well-known use of <i>col legno</i> for orchestral strings is <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Holst" title="Gustav Holst">Gustav Holst</a>'s "Mars" movement from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Planets" title="The Planets">The Planets</a></i> suite. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_methods">Other methods</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Other methods" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Aeolian_harp" title="Aeolian harp">aeolian harp</a> employs a very unusual method of sound production: the strings are excited by the movement of the air. </p><p>Some instruments that have strings have an attached <a href="/wiki/Musical_keyboard" title="Musical keyboard">keyboard</a> that the player presses keys on to trigger a mechanism that sounds the strings, instead of directly manipulating the strings. These include the <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Clavichord" title="Clavichord">clavichord</a>, and the harpsichord. With these <a href="/wiki/Keyboard_instrument" title="Keyboard instrument">keyboard instruments</a>, strings are occasionally plucked or bowed by hand. Modern <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composers</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cowell" title="Henry Cowell">Henry Cowell</a> wrote music that requires that the player reach inside the piano and pluck the strings directly, "bow" them with bow hair wrapped around the strings, or play them by rolling the bell of a <a href="/wiki/Brass_instrument" title="Brass instrument">brass instrument</a> such as a <a href="/wiki/Trombone" title="Trombone">trombone</a> on the array of strings. However, these are relatively rarely used special techniques. </p><p>Other keyed string instruments, small enough for a strolling musician to play, include the plucked <a href="/wiki/Autoharp" title="Autoharp">autoharp</a>, the bowed <a href="/wiki/Nyckelharpa" title="Nyckelharpa">nyckelharpa</a>, and the hurdy-gurdy, which is played by cranking a rosined wheel. </p><p>Steel-stringed instruments (such as the guitar, bass, violin, etc.) can be played using a magnetic field. An <a href="/wiki/E-Bow" class="mw-redirect" title="E-Bow">E-Bow</a> is a small hand-held battery-powered device that magnetically excites the strings of an electric string instrument to provide a sustained, singing tone reminiscent of a held bowed violin note. </p><p><a href="/wiki/3rd_bridge" title="3rd bridge">Third bridge</a> is a plucking method where the player <i>frets</i> a string and strikes the side opposite the bridge. The technique is mainly used on electric instruments because these have a pickup that amplifies only the local string vibration. It is possible on acoustic instruments as well, but less effective. For instance, a player might press on the seventh <a href="/wiki/Fret" title="Fret">fret</a> on a guitar and pluck it at the head side to make a tone resonate at the opposing side. On electric instruments, this technique generates multitone sounds reminiscent of a clock or bell. </p><p>Electric string instruments, such as the <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a>, can also be played without touching the strings by using <a href="/wiki/Audio_feedback" title="Audio feedback">audio feedback</a>. When an electric guitar is plugged into a loud, powerful guitar amplifier with a <a href="/wiki/Loudspeaker" title="Loudspeaker">loudspeaker</a> and a high level of <a href="/wiki/Distortion_(music)" title="Distortion (music)">distortion</a> is intentionally used, the guitar produces sustained high-pitched sounds. By changing the proximity of the guitar to the speaker, the guitarist can produce sounds that cannot be produced with standard plucking and picking techniques. This technique was popularized by <a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a> and others in the 1960s. It was widely used in <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal music</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Changing_the_pitch_of_a_vibrating_string">Changing the pitch of a vibrating string</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Changing the pitch of a vibrating string" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mersenne%27s_laws" title="Mersenne's laws">Mersenne's laws</a></div> <p>There are three ways to change the pitch of a <a href="/wiki/Vibrating_string" class="mw-redirect" title="Vibrating string">vibrating string</a>. String instruments are tuned by varying a string's tension because adjusting length or mass per unit length is impractical. Instruments with a <a href="/wiki/Fingerboard" title="Fingerboard">fingerboard</a> are then played by adjusting the length of the vibrating portion of the strings. The following observations all apply to a string that is infinitely flexible (a theoretical assumption, because in practical applications, strings are not infinitely flexible) strung between two fixed supports. Real strings have finite curvature at the bridge and nut, and the bridge, because of its motion, is not exactly nodes of vibration. Hence the following statements about proportionality are approximations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Length">Length</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Length" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Proportional_string_fingering.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Proportional_string_fingering.png/200px-Proportional_string_fingering.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="86" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2247" data-file-height="961"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 200px;height: 86px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Proportional_string_fingering.png/200px-Proportional_string_fingering.png" data-width="200" data-height="86" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Proportional_string_fingering.png/300px-Proportional_string_fingering.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Proportional_string_fingering.png/400px-Proportional_string_fingering.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>String fingering is proportional and not fixed,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as on the piano</figcaption></figure> <p>Pitch can be adjusted by varying the <a href="/wiki/Length" title="Length">length</a> of the string.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="That's just the home page of Oxford Music Online. (June 2023)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A longer string results in a lower pitch, while a shorter string results in a higher pitch. A <a href="/wiki/Concert_harp" class="mw-redirect" title="Concert harp">concert harp</a> has pedals that cause a hard object to make contact with a string to shorten its vibrating length during a performance.<sup id="cite_ref-woosterped_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woosterped-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The frequency is inversely proportional to the length: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle f\propto {\frac {1}{l}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>f</mi> <mo>∝</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mi>l</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle f\propto {\frac {1}{l}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><noscript><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a8d6882048e9df11ebb2123c7e7d676625bc9858" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:6.376ex; height:5.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle f\propto {\frac {1}{l}}}"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 6.376ex;height: 5.343ex;vertical-align: -2.005ex;" data-src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a8d6882048e9df11ebb2123c7e7d676625bc9858" data-alt="{\displaystyle f\propto {\frac {1}{l}}}" data-class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert"> </span></span></dd></dl> <p>A string twice as long produces a tone of half the frequency (one octave lower). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tension">Tension</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Tension" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Pitch can be adjusted by varying the <a href="/wiki/Tension_(physics)" title="Tension (physics)">tension</a> of the string. A string with less tension (looser) results in a lower pitch, while a string with greater tension (tighter) results in a higher pitch. Pushing a pedal on a <a href="/wiki/Pedal_steel_guitar" title="Pedal steel guitar">pedal steel guitar</a> raises the pitch of certain strings by increasing tension on them (stretching) through a mechanical linkage; release of the pedal returns the pitch to the original. Knee levers on the instrument can lower a pitch by releasing (and restoring) tension in the same way.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A homemade <a href="/wiki/Washtub_bass" title="Washtub bass">washtub bass</a> made out of a length of rope, a broomstick and a washtub can produce different pitches by increasing the tension on the rope (producing a higher pitch) or reducing the tension (producing a lower pitch). The frequency is proportional to the square root of the tension: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle f\propto {\sqrt {T}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>f</mi> <mo>∝</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msqrt> <mi>T</mi> </msqrt> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle f\propto {\sqrt {T}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><noscript><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/1351ba5622d56bbebf4ebb4c780809df4d32e6d6" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:7.949ex; height:3.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle f\propto {\sqrt {T}}}"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 7.949ex;height: 3.009ex;vertical-align: -0.671ex;" data-src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/1351ba5622d56bbebf4ebb4c780809df4d32e6d6" data-alt="{\displaystyle f\propto {\sqrt {T}}}" data-class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert"> </span></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Linear_density">Linear density</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Linear density" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The pitch of a string can also be varied by changing the <a href="/wiki/Linear_density" title="Linear density">linear density</a> (mass per unit length) of the string. In practical applications, such as with <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double bass</a> strings or bass <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> strings, extra weight is added to strings by winding them with metal. A string with a heavier metal winding produces a lower pitch than a string of equal length without a metal winding. This can be seen on a 2016-era set of gut strings for double bass. The higher-pitched G string is often made of synthetic material, or sometimes animal intestine, with no metal wrapping. To enable the low E string to produce a much lower pitch with a string of the same length, it is wrapped with many wrappings of thin metal wire. This adds to its mass without making it too stiff. The frequency is inversely proportional to the square root of the linear density: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle f\propto {1 \over {\sqrt {\mu }}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>f</mi> <mo>∝</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msqrt> <mi>μ</mi> </msqrt> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle f\propto {1 \over {\sqrt {\mu }}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><noscript><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4cf44c1c65e173309106ece273d23e5fcc161d02" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.838ex; width:8.551ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle f\propto {1 \over {\sqrt {\mu }}}}"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 8.551ex;height: 6.176ex;vertical-align: -2.838ex;" data-src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4cf44c1c65e173309106ece273d23e5fcc161d02" data-alt="{\displaystyle f\propto {1 \over {\sqrt {\mu }}}}" data-class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert"> </span></span></dd></dl> <p>Given two strings of equal length and tension, the string with higher mass per unit length produces the lower pitch. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="String_length_or_scale_length">String length or scale length</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: String length or scale length" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <p>The length of the string from <a href="/wiki/Nut_(instrumental)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nut (instrumental)">nut</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bridge_(instrument)" title="Bridge (instrument)">bridge</a> on bowed or plucked instruments ultimately determines the distance between different notes on the instrument. For example, a double bass with its low range needs a <a href="/wiki/Scale_length_(string_instruments)" title="Scale length (string instruments)">scale length</a> of around 42 inches (110 cm), whilst a violin scale is only about 13 inches (33 cm). On the shorter scale of the violin, the left hand may easily reach a range of slightly more than two octaves without <a href="/wiki/Shifting_position" class="mw-redirect" title="Shifting position">shifting position</a>, while on the bass' longer scale, a single octave or a ninth is reachable in lower positions. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Contact_points_along_the_string">Contact points along the string</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Contact points along the string" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DuplexScaling.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/DuplexScaling.jpg/300px-DuplexScaling.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 225px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/DuplexScaling.jpg/300px-DuplexScaling.jpg" data-width="300" data-height="225" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/DuplexScaling.jpg/450px-DuplexScaling.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/DuplexScaling.jpg/600px-DuplexScaling.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The strings of a <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In bowed instruments, the bow is normally placed perpendicularly to the string, at a point halfway between the end of the fingerboard and the bridge. However, different bow placements can be selected to change <a href="/wiki/Timbre" title="Timbre">timbre</a>. Application of the bow close to the bridge (known as <i><a href="/wiki/Sul_ponticello" class="mw-redirect" title="Sul ponticello">sul ponticello</a></i>) produces an intense, sometimes harsh sound, which acoustically emphasizes the upper <a href="/wiki/Harmonic" title="Harmonic">harmonics</a>. Bowing above the fingerboard (<i><a href="/wiki/Sul_tasto" class="mw-redirect" title="Sul tasto">sul tasto</a></i>) produces a purer tone with less overtone strength, emphasizing the <a href="/wiki/Fundamental_frequency" title="Fundamental frequency">fundamental</a>, also known as <i>flautando</i>, since it sounds less reedy and more flute-like. </p><p>Bowed instruments pose a challenge to instrument builders, as compared with instruments that are only plucked (e.g., guitar), because on bowed instruments, the musician must be able to play one string at a time if they wish. As such, a bowed instrument must have a curved bridge that makes the "outer" strings lower in height than the "inner" strings. With such a curved bridge, the player can select one string at a time to play. On guitars and <a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">lutes</a>, the bridge can be flat, because the strings are played by plucking them with the fingers, fingernails or a pick; by moving the fingers or pick to different positions, the player can play different strings. On bowed instruments, the need to play strings individually with the bow also limits the number of strings to about six or seven; with more strings, it would be impossible to select individual strings to bow. (Bowed strings can also play two bowed notes on two different strings at the same time, a technique called a <a href="/wiki/Double_stop" title="Double stop">double stop</a>.) Indeed, on the orchestral <a href="/wiki/String_section" title="String section">string section</a> instruments, four strings are the norm, with the exception of five strings used on some <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double basses</a>. In contrast, with stringed keyboard instruments, 88 courses are used on a <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a>, and even though these strings are arranged on a flat bridge, the mechanism can play any of the notes individually. </p><p>Similar timbral distinctions are also possible with plucked string instruments by selecting an appropriate plucking point, although the difference is perhaps more subtle. </p><p>In keyboard instruments, the contact point along the string (whether this be hammer, tangent, or plectrum) is a choice made by the instrument designer. Builders use a combination of experience and acoustic theory to establish the right set of contact points. </p><p>In harpsichords, often there are two sets of strings of equal length. These "choirs" usually differ in their plucking points. One choir has a "normal" plucking point, producing a canonical harpsichord sound; the other has a plucking point close to the bridge, producing a reedier "nasal" sound rich in upper harmonics. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Production_of_multiple_notes">Production of multiple notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Production of multiple notes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ottoman_musical_string_instrument_at_the_Debbane_Palace_museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ottoman_musical_string_instrument_at_the_Debbane_Palace_museum.jpg/220px-Ottoman_musical_string_instrument_at_the_Debbane_Palace_museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2205" data-file-height="2939"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 293px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ottoman_musical_string_instrument_at_the_Debbane_Palace_museum.jpg/220px-Ottoman_musical_string_instrument_at_the_Debbane_Palace_museum.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="293" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ottoman_musical_string_instrument_at_the_Debbane_Palace_museum.jpg/330px-Ottoman_musical_string_instrument_at_the_Debbane_Palace_museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ottoman_musical_string_instrument_at_the_Debbane_Palace_museum.jpg/440px-Ottoman_musical_string_instrument_at_the_Debbane_Palace_museum.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Arab string musical instrument on display at the <a href="/wiki/Debbane_Palace" title="Debbane Palace">Debbane Palace</a> museum, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A single string at a certain tension and length only produces one note. To produce multiple notes, string instruments use one of two methods. One is to add enough strings to cover the required range of different notes (e.g., as with the <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a>, which has sets of 88 strings to enable the performer to play 88 different notes). The other is to provide a way to <i>stop</i> the strings along their length to shorten the part that vibrates, which is the method used in guitar and violin family instruments to produce different notes from the same string. The piano and harp represent the first method, where each note on the instrument has its own string or <a href="/wiki/Course_(music)" title="Course (music)">course</a> of multiple strings tuned to the same note. (Many notes on a piano are strung with a "choir" of three strings tuned alike, to increase the volume.) A guitar represents the second method—the player's fingers push the string against the fingerboard so that the string is pressed firmly against a metal fret. Pressing the string against a fret while plucking or strumming it shortens the vibrating part and thus produces a different note. </p><p>Some zithers combine stoppable (melody) strings with a greater number of "open" harmony or chord strings. On instruments with stoppable strings, such as the violin or guitar, the player can shorten the vibrating length of the string, using their fingers directly (or more rarely through some mechanical device, as in the <a href="/wiki/Nyckelharpa" title="Nyckelharpa">nyckelharpa</a> and the hurdy-gurdy). Such instruments usually have a fingerboard attached to the neck of the instrument, that provides a hard flat surface the player can stop the strings against. On some string instruments, the fingerboard has <a href="/wiki/Fret" title="Fret">frets</a>, raised ridges perpendicular to the strings, that stop the string at precise intervals, in which case the fingerboard is also called a <i>fretboard</i>. </p><p>Moving frets during performance is usually impractical. The bridges of a <a href="/wiki/Koto_(instrument)" title="Koto (instrument)">koto</a>, on the other hand, may be moved by the player occasionally in the course of a single piece of music. Many modern Western harps include levers, either directly moved by fingers (on Celtic harps) or controlled by foot pedals (on orchestral harps), to raise the pitch of individual strings by a fixed amount. The Middle Eastern zither, the <a href="/wiki/Qanun_(instrument)" title="Qanun (instrument)">qanun</a>, is equipped with small levers called <i>mandal</i> that let each course of multiple strings be incrementally retuned "on the fly" while the instrument is being played. These levers raise or lower the pitch of the string course by a microtone, less than a half step. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Sympathetic_strings">Sympathetic strings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sympathetic strings" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-10 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-10"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sympathetic_string" title="Sympathetic string">Sympathetic string</a></div> <p>Some instruments are employed with <a href="/wiki/Sympathetic_string" title="Sympathetic string">sympathetic strings</a>—which are additional strings not meant to be plucked. These strings <a href="/wiki/Resonance" title="Resonance">resonate</a> with the played notes, creating additional tones. Sympathetic strings vibrate naturally when various intervals, such as the <a href="/wiki/Unison" title="Unison">unisons</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Octave" title="Octave">octaves</a> of the notes of the sympathetic strings are plucked, bowed or struck. This system is used on the <a href="/wiki/Sarangi" title="Sarangi">sarangi</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Grand_piano" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand piano">grand piano</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hardanger_fiddle" title="Hardanger fiddle">hardanger fiddle</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rubab_(instrument)" title="Rubab (instrument)">rubab</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(11)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Sound_production">Sound production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Sound production" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-11 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-11"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acoustic_instruments">Acoustic instruments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Acoustic instruments" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Musical_acoustics" title="Musical acoustics">Musical acoustics</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chordophone_(Cordophone).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Chordophone_%28Cordophone%29.jpg/220px-Chordophone_%28Cordophone%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Chordophone_%28Cordophone%29.jpg/220px-Chordophone_%28Cordophone%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Chordophone_%28Cordophone%29.jpg/330px-Chordophone_%28Cordophone%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Chordophone_%28Cordophone%29.jpg/440px-Chordophone_%28Cordophone%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The Moroccan <a href="/wiki/Gimbri" class="mw-redirect" title="Gimbri">loutar</a> uses a soundboard made of goatskin.</figcaption></figure> <p>A vibrating string strung on a very thick log, as a hypothetical example, would make only a very quiet sound, so string instruments are usually constructed in such a way that the vibrating string is coupled to a hollow resonating chamber, a <a href="/wiki/Soundboard_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soundboard (music)">soundboard</a>, or both. On the violin, for example, the four strings pass over a thin wooden bridge resting on a hollow box (the body of the violin). The normal force applied to the body from the strings is supported in part by a small cylinder of wood called the <a href="/wiki/Soundpost" class="mw-redirect" title="Soundpost">soundpost</a>. The violin body also has two "f-holes" carved on the top. The strings' vibrations are distributed via the bridge and soundpost to all surfaces of the instrument, and are thus made louder by matching of the <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_impedance" title="Acoustic impedance">acoustic impedance</a>. The correct technical explanation is that they allow a better match to the <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_impedance" title="Acoustic impedance">acoustic impedance</a> of the air.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>It is sometimes said that the sounding board or soundbox "amplifies" the sound of the strings. In reality, no power amplification occurs, because all of the <a href="/wiki/Energy" title="Energy">energy</a> to produce <a href="/wiki/Sound" title="Sound">sound</a> comes from the vibrating string. The mechanism is that the sounding board of the instrument provides a larger surface area to create <a href="/wiki/Sound_wave" class="mw-redirect" title="Sound wave">sound waves</a> than that of the string and therefore acts as a matching element between the acoustic impedance of the string and that of the surrounding air. A larger vibrating surface can sometimes produce better matching; especially at lower frequencies. </p><p>All <a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">lute</a>-type instruments traditionally have a bridge, which holds the string at the proper action height from the fret/finger board at one end of the strings. On acoustic instruments, the bridge performs an equally important function of transmitting string energy into the "sound box" of the instrument, thereby increasing the sound volume. The specific design, and materials used in the construction of the bridge of an instrument, have a dramatic impact upon both the sound and responsiveness of the instrument. </p><p>Achieving a tonal characteristic that is effective and pleasing to the player's and listener's ear is something of an art and craft, as well as a science, and the makers of string instruments often seek very high quality woods to this end, particularly <a href="/wiki/Spruce" title="Spruce">spruce</a> (chosen for its lightness, strength and flexibility) and <a href="/wiki/Maple" title="Maple">maple</a> (a very hard wood). Spruce is used for the sounding boards of instruments from the violin to the piano. Instruments such as the banjo use a drum, covered in natural or synthetic skin, as their soundboard. </p><p>Acoustic instruments can also be made of artificial materials, such as <a href="/wiki/Carbon_fiber" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon fiber">carbon fiber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fiberglass" title="Fiberglass">fiberglass</a> (particularly the larger, lower-pitched instruments, such as cellos and basses). </p><p>In the early 20th century, the <a href="/wiki/Stroh_violin" title="Stroh violin">Stroh violin</a> used a diaphragm-type <a href="/wiki/Resonator" title="Resonator">resonator</a> and a metal horn to project the string sound, much like early mechanical gramophones. Its use declined beginning about 1920, as electronic amplification through <a href="/wiki/Power_amplifier" class="mw-redirect" title="Power amplifier">power amplifiers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Loudspeaker" title="Loudspeaker">loudspeakers</a> was developed and came into use. String instrument players can electronically amplify their instruments by connecting them to a <a href="/wiki/PA_system" class="mw-redirect" title="PA system">PA system</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Guitar_amplifier" title="Guitar amplifier">guitar amplifier</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electronic_amplification">Electronic amplification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Electronic amplification" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Most string instruments can be fitted with <a href="/wiki/Piezoelectric" class="mw-redirect" title="Piezoelectric">piezoelectric</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or magnetic <a href="/wiki/Pick_up_(music_technology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pick up (music technology)">pickups</a> to convert the string's vibrations into an electrical signal that is amplified and then converted back into sound by loudspeakers. Some players attach a pickup to their traditional string instrument to "electrify" it. Another option is to use a solid-bodied instrument, which reduces unwanted <a href="/wiki/Audio_feedback" title="Audio feedback">feedback</a> howls or squeals. </p><p>Amplified string instruments can be much louder than their acoustic counterparts, so musicians can play them in relatively loud rock, blues, and jazz ensembles. Amplified instruments can also have their amplified tone modified by using electronic effects such as distortion, reverb, or <a href="/wiki/Wah-wah_(music)" title="Wah-wah (music)">wah-wah</a>. </p><p>Bass-register string instruments such as the double bass and the electric bass are amplified with <a href="/wiki/Bass_instrument_amplification" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass instrument amplification">bass instrument amplifiers</a> that are designed to reproduce low-frequency sounds. To modify the tone of amplified bass instruments, a range of electronic <a href="/wiki/Bass_effects" title="Bass effects">bass effects</a> are available, such as distortion and chorus. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(12)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Symphonic_strings">Symphonic strings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Symphonic strings" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-12 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-12"> <p>The string instruments usually used in the <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and often called the "symphonic strings" or <a href="/wiki/String_section" title="String section">string section</a> are:<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">Violins</a> (divided into two sections—first violins and second violins; these sections play exactly the same instruments; the difference is that the first violins play higher-register lines and the second violins play lower-register parts, <a href="/wiki/Accompaniment" title="Accompaniment">accompaniment</a> parts or <a href="/wiki/Counter-melody" title="Counter-melody">counter-melodies</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viola" title="Viola">Violas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">Cellos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">Double basses</a></li></ul> <p>When orchestral instrumentation specifies "strings", it often means this combination of string parts. Orchestral works rarely omit any of these string parts, but often include additional string instruments, especially the <a href="/wiki/Concert_harp" class="mw-redirect" title="Concert harp">concert harp</a> and piano. In the <a href="/wiki/Baroque_orchestra" title="Baroque orchestra">Baroque orchestra</a> from the 1600s–1750 (or with modern groups playing <a href="/wiki/Early_music" title="Early music">early music</a>) harpsichord is almost always used to play the <a href="/wiki/Basso_continuo" title="Basso continuo">basso continuo</a> part (the written-out <a href="/wiki/Bass_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass line">bass line</a> and improvised chords), and often a <a href="/wiki/Theorbo" title="Theorbo">theorbo</a> or <a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">lute</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Pipe_organ" title="Pipe organ">pipe organ</a>. In some classical music, such as the <a href="/wiki/String_quartet" title="String quartet">string quartet</a>, the double bass is not typically used; the cello plays the bass role in this literature. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(13)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=String_instrument&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-13 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-13"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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href="#cite_ref-sachschordophones463-467_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sachschordophones463-467_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sachschordophones463-467_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSachs1940" class="citation book cs1">Sachs, Curt (1940). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofmusical00sach"><i>The History of Musical Instruments</i></a></span>. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofmusical00sach/page/463">463–467</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780393020687" title="Special:BookSources/9780393020687"><bdi>9780393020687</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+History+of+Musical+Instruments&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=463-467&rft.pub=W.+W.+Norton+%26+Company&rft.date=1940&rft.isbn=9780393020687&rft.aulast=Sachs&rft.aufirst=Curt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhistoryofmusical00sach&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AString+instrument" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sachsshortlong-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sachsshortlong_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sachsshortlong_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSachs1940">Sachs 1940</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofmusical00sach/page/464">464</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vanCampen-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-vanCampen_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampen" class="citation web cs1">Campen, Ank van. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.harphistory.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=17&lang=en">"The music-bow from prehistory till today"</a>. <i>HarpHistory.info</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103518/http://www.harphistory.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=17&lang=en">Archived</a> from the original on April 2, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 26,</span> 2015</span>. <q>A cave-painting in the "Trois Frères" cave in France dating from about 15,000 years ago. The magician-hunter plays the musical bow.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=HarpHistory.info&rft.atitle=The+music-bow+from+prehistory+till+today&rft.aulast=Campen&rft.aufirst=Ank+van&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harphistory.info%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D65%26Itemid%3D17%26lang%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AString+instrument" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-frerescavedate-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-frerescavedate_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric/trois-freres-cave.htm">"Trois Freres Cave"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150318091929/http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric/trois-freres-cave.htm">Archived</a> from the original on March 18, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 27,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Trois+Freres+Cave&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visual-arts-cork.com%2Fprehistoric%2Ftrois-freres-cave.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AString+instrument" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005179,_231,_235–236,_308–310-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005179,_231,_235%E2%80%93236,_308%E2%80%93310_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDumbrill2005">Dumbrill 2005</a>, pp. 179, 231, 235–236, 308–310.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005308–310-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005308%E2%80%93310_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDumbrill2005">Dumbrill 2005</a>, pp. 308–310.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jahnel-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jahnel_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jahnel_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJahnel1965" class="citation book cs1">Jahnel, Franz (1965). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4QTfTINjQtUC&q=balkan%20mandolin&pg=PA15"><i>Manual of Guitar Technology: The History and Technology of Plucked String Instruments</i></a>. Fachbuchreihe "Das Musikinstrument", vol. 37. p. 15. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-933224-99-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-933224-99-0"><bdi>0-933224-99-0</bdi></a>. <q>There have been some uncertain presumptions concerning the "invention" of the bowed harp...The "musical bow" conjectured by many music scholars is not definitely recognizable in any cave paintings. The fact that some African negroes held the end of their bow-shaped harp in their mouths in order to improve the tone...should not be taken as proof that the first European bowmen were also conversant with the musical bow.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Manual+of+Guitar+Technology%3A+The+History+and+Technology+of+Plucked+String+Instruments&rft.series=Fachbuchreihe+%22Das+Musikinstrument%22%2C+vol.+37&rft.pages=15&rft.date=1965&rft.isbn=0-933224-99-0&rft.aulast=Jahnel&rft.aufirst=Franz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4QTfTINjQtUC%26q%3Dbalkan%2520mandolin%26pg%3DPA15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AString+instrument" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCamposHullHồng2023" class="citation journal cs1">Campos, Fredeliza Z.; Hull, Jennifer R.; Hồng, Vương Thu (2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/in-search-of-a-musical-past-evidence-for-early-chordophones-from-vietnam/7A195B3ACFA44E291A9DF2B8EDFFD03A">"In search of a musical past: evidence for early chordophones from Vietnam"</a>. <i>Antiquity</i>. <b>97</b> (391): 141–157. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.15184%2Faqy.2022.170">10.15184/aqy.2022.170</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0003-598X">0003-598X</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:257039609">257039609</a> – via Cambridge Core.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Antiquity&rft.atitle=In+search+of+a+musical+past%3A+evidence+for+early+chordophones+from+Vietnam&rft.volume=97&rft.issue=391&rft.pages=141-157&rft.date=2023&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A257039609%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.issn=0003-598X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.15184%2Faqy.2022.170&rft.aulast=Campos&rft.aufirst=Fredeliza+Z.&rft.au=Hull%2C+Jennifer+R.&rft.au=H%E1%BB%93ng%2C+V%C6%B0%C6%A1ng+Thu&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cambridge.org%2Fcore%2Fjournals%2Fantiquity%2Farticle%2Fin-search-of-a-musical-past-evidence-for-early-chordophones-from-vietnam%2F7A195B3ACFA44E291A9DF2B8EDFFD03A&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AString+instrument" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/julio-claudians/8098646683/">"The Deceased is the Young Lutaia Lupata Who is Shown Playing the Lute or Pandurium"</a>. 20 September 2014 – via flickr. <q>Museum information sign for the stele. Circa 2nd century AD memorial <a href="/wiki/Stele" title="Stele">stele</a> from <a href="/wiki/Augusta_Emerita" title="Augusta Emerita">Augusta Emerita</a> in modern Spain for a Roman boy, Lutaia Lupata, showing him with his pandurium, the Roman variant of the Greek Pandura. Kept at the Museo Arqueologico, <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9rida,_Spain" title="Mérida, Spain">Mérida, Spain</a>.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Deceased+is+the+Young+Lutaia+Lupata+Who+is+Shown+Playing+the+Lute+or+Pandurium&rft.date=2014-09-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fm.flickr.com%2F%23%2Fphotos%2Fjulio-claudians%2F8098646683%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AString+instrument" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dumbrillp321-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Dumbrillp321_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dumbrillp321_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDumbrill2005">Dumbrill 2005</a>, p. 321</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Britishmuseum-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Britishmuseum_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1447477&partId=1&people=24615&peoA=24615-3-17&page=1">"Cylinder seal"</a>. <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170702214251/http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1447477&partId=1&people=24615&peoA=24615-3-17&page=1">Archived</a> from the original on 2017-07-02<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-06-15</span></span>. <q>Culture/period Uruk, Date 3100BC (circa1), Museum number 141632</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Cylinder+seal&rft.pub=British+Museum&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishmuseum.org%2Fresearch%2Fcollection_online%2Fcollection_object_details.aspx%3FobjectId%3D1447477%26partId%3D1%26people%3D24615%26peoA%3D24615-3-17%26page%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AString+instrument" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005310-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDumbrill2005310_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDumbrill2005">Dumbrill 2005</a>, p. 310.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDumbrill2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dumbrill_(musicologist)" title="Richard Dumbrill (musicologist)">Dumbrill, Richard J.</a> (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nlm1Kbc7P5UC&q=dumbrill%2C%20long%20lutes&pg=PA320"><i>The Archaeomusicology of the Ancient Near East</i></a>. Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing. pp. 319–320. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4120-5538-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-4120-5538-5"><bdi>1-4120-5538-5</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1020920823">1020920823</a>. <q>The long-necked lute in the OED is orthographed as tambura; tambora, tamera, tumboora; tambur(a) and tanpoora. We have an Arabic Õunbur; Persian tanbur; Armenian pandir; Georgian panturi, and a Serbo-Croat tamburitza. The Greeks called it pandura; panduros; phanduros; panduris or pandurion. The Latin is pandura. It is attested as a Nubian instrument in the third century BC. The earliest literary allusion to lutes in Greece comes from <a href="/wiki/Anaxilas_(comic_poet)" title="Anaxilas (comic poet)">Anaxilas</a> in his play <i>The Lyre-maker</i> as 'trichordos'... According to <a href="/wiki/Julius_Pollux" title="Julius Pollux">Pollux</a>, the trichordon (sic) was <a href="/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria">Assyrian</a> and they gave it the name pandoura...These instruments survive today in the form of the various Arabian <i>tunbar</i>...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Archaeomusicology+of+the+Ancient+Near+East&rft.place=Victoria%2C+British+Columbia&rft.pages=319-320&rft.pub=Trafford+Publishing&rft.date=2005&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1020920823&rft.isbn=1-4120-5538-5&rft.aulast=Dumbrill&rft.aufirst=Richard+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dnlm1Kbc7P5UC%26q%3Ddumbrill%252C%2520long%2520lutes%26pg%3DPA320&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AString+instrument" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iranicaonline.org/articles/barbat">"Barbat"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Iranica" title="Encyclopædia Iranica">Encyclopædia Iranica</a></i>. 1988-12-15. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150517011447/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/barbat">Archived</a> from the original on 2015-05-17<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A9_%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="آلة وترية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="آلة وترية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumentu_de_cuerda" title="Instrumentu de cuerda – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Instrumentu de cuerda" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simli_musiqi_al%C9%99tl%C9%99ri" title="Simli musiqi alətləri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Simli musiqi alətləri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0" title="ততযন্ত্র – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ততযন্ত্র" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi%C3%A2n-ga%CC%8Dk-kh%C3%AC" title="Hiân-ga̍k-khì – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hiân-ga̍k-khì" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Струнен инструмент – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Струнен инструмент" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soatninschtrument" title="Soatninschtrument – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Soatninschtrument" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_de_corda" title="Instrument de corda – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Instrument de corda" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strunn%C3%BD_n%C3%A1stroj" title="Strunný nástroj – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Strunný nástroj" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strengeinstrument" title="Strengeinstrument – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Strengeinstrument" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiteninstrument" title="Saiteninstrument – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Saiteninstrument" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keelpillid" title="Keelpillid – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Keelpillid" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%B3%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%BF" title="Έγχορδο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Έγχορδο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumento_de_cuerda" title="Instrumento de cuerda – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Instrumento de cuerda" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kordinstrumento" title="Kordinstrumento – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kordinstrumento" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_instrumentu" title="Hari instrumentu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Hari instrumentu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B2%D9%87%DB%8C" title="سازهای زهی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سازهای زهی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_%C3%A0_cordes" title="Instrument à cordes – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Instrument à cordes" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9aduirlis" title="Téaduirlis – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Téaduirlis" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumento_de_corda" title="Instrumento de corda – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Instrumento de corda" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%84%EC%95%85%EA%B8%B0" title="현악기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="현악기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AE%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Լարային գործիքներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լարային գործիքներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="तंतुवाद्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="तंतुवाद्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glazbala_sa_%C5%BEicama" title="Glazbala sa žicama – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Glazbala sa žicama" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumento_ti_kuerdas" title="Instrumento ti kuerdas – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Instrumento ti kuerdas" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alat_musik_dawai" title="Alat musik dawai – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Alat musik dawai" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strengjahlj%C3%B3%C3%B0f%C3%A6ri" title="Strengjahljóðfæri – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Strengjahljóðfæri" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%A8" title="כלי מיתר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="כלי מיתר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF" title="ತಂತಿವಾದ್ಯ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ತಂತಿವಾದ್ಯ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="სიმებიანი საკრავები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სიმებიანი საკრავები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%96_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Ішекті музыкалық аспаптар – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ішекті музыкалық аспаптар" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%BBr%C3%AAn_j%C3%AEdar" title="Amûrên jîdar – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Amûrên jîdar" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C4%ABgu_instrumenti" title="Stīgu instrumenti – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Stīgu instrumenti" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styginiai_instrumentai" title="Styginiai instrumentai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Styginiai instrumentai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strumentos_de_cordetas" title="Strumentos de cordetas – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Strumentos de cordetas" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Жичени инструменти – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Жичени инструменти" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="तंतुवाद्य – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="तंतुवाद्य" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%87%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2" title="زهی ساز – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="زهی ساز" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alat_muzik_bertali" title="Alat muzik bertali – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Alat muzik bertali" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%85%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82_%D1%85%D3%A9%D0%B3%D0%B6%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%B7%D1%8D%D0%BC%D1%81%D1%8D%D0%B3" title="Чавхдаст хөгжмийн зэмсэг – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Чавхдаст хөгжмийн зэмсэг" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snaarinstrument" title="Snaarinstrument – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Snaarinstrument" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="तारवाद्य – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="तारवाद्य" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A6%E6%A5%BD%E5%99%A8" title="弦楽器 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="弦楽器" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strengeinstrument" title="Strengeinstrument – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Strengeinstrument" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strengeinstrument" title="Strengeinstrument – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Strengeinstrument" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_de_c%C3%B2rdas" title="Instrument de còrdas – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Instrument de còrdas" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torli_musiqa_cholg%CA%BBulari" title="Torli musiqa cholgʻulari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Torli musiqa cholgʻulari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snereninstrument" title="Snereninstrument – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Snereninstrument" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_strunowy" title="Instrument strunowy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Instrument strunowy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumento_de_cordas" title="Instrumento de cordas – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Instrumento de cordas" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_cu_coarde" title="Instrument cu coarde – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Instrument cu coarde" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiwlli_waqachina" title="Tiwlli waqachina – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Tiwlli waqachina" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Струнные музыкальные инструменты – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Струнные музыкальные инструменты" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA_%E0%B6%B7%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A9" title="තත් වාද්‍ය භාණ්ඩ – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="තත් වාද්‍ය භාණ්ඩ" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_instrument" title="String instrument – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="String instrument" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strunov%C3%BD_n%C3%A1stroj" title="Strunový nástroj – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Strunový nástroj" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strunska_glasbila" title="Strunska glasbila – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Strunska glasbila" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8E%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%98%DB%8E%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="ئامێری ژێدار – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئامێری ژێدار" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Жичани инструменти – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Жичани инструменти" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDi%C4%8Dani_instrumenti" title="Žičani instrumenti – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Žičani instrumenti" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kielisoitin" title="Kielisoitin – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kielisoitin" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Str%C3%A4nginstrument" title="Stränginstrument – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Stränginstrument" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumentong_may_bagting" title="Instrumentong may bagting – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Instrumentong may bagting" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF" title="நரம்புக் கருவி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="நரம்புக் கருவி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%82" title="స్ట్రింగ్ వాయిద్యం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="స్ట్రింగ్ వాయిద్యం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2" title="เครื่องสาย – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เครื่องสาย" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B7%D2%B3%D0%BE%D0%B8_%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D3%A3" title="Созҳои торӣ – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Созҳои торӣ" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telli_%C3%A7alg%C4%B1" title="Telli çalgı – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Telli çalgı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%96_%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Струнні музичні інструменти – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Струнні музичні інструменти" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%BA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%92_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2" title="تاروں والے ساز – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="تاروں والے ساز" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E1%BB%99_d%C3%A2y" title="Bộ dây – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Bộ dây" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumint_d%27_muzike_%C3%A5s_coides" title="Instrumint d' muzike ås coides – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Instrumint d' muzike ås coides" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A6%E4%B9%90%E5%99%A8" title="弦乐器 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="弦乐器" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A2_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%9F" title="סטרונע אינסטרומענטן – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="סטרונע אינסטרומענטן" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A6%E6%A8%82%E5%99%A8" title="弦樂器 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="弦樂器" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A6%E6%A8%82%E5%99%A8" title="弦樂器 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="弦樂器" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"><img src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" alt="Wikipedia" width="120" height="18" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"/> </div> <ul id="footer-info" class="footer-info hlist hlist-separated"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 8 November 2024, at 20:54<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li 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