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Encyclopedia > List of string instruments

This is a list of string instruments categorized according to the technique used to produce sound, followed by a list of string instruments grouped by country or region of origin. A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ...

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Bowed instruments

The ajaeng is a Korean string instrument. ... The Anzad is a musical instrument. ... The arpeggione is a six-stringed musical instrument, fretted and tuned like a guitar, but bowed like a cello, and thus similar to the bass viola da gamba. ... Banhu is a huqin family instrument in China. ... A drawing of a baryton from 1880 The baryton is an obsolete bowed stringed instrument, in regular use up until the end of the 18th century. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... // History Bowed psaltery simply means a psaltery that is played with a bow. ... The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello, or cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a bowed stringed instrument,is not the lowest-sounding member of the violin family, the bass is. ... The electric cello is a type of cello that relies on electronic amplification (rather than acoustic resonance) to produce sound. ... Cizhonghu is the tenor member of the Chinese huqin family of stringed instruments. ... A modern crwth in its case The crwth is an archaic stringed musical instrument, associated particularly with Wales, although once played widely in Europe. ... The dahu (大胡, pinyin: dàhú) is a large bowed string instrument from China. ... The đàn gáo is a Vietnamese bowed string instrument with two strings. ... Diyingehu is a bowed Chinese huqin family string instrument. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... Side view of an erhu. ... The erxian (二弦, lit. ... The Esraj, also known sometimes as Israj, or Dilruba, is a string instrument found in two forms throughout the north, central, and east regions of India. ... The term fiddle refers to a violin when used in folk music. ... Gadulka Tuning The Gadulka (Bulgarian: Гъдулка) is a folk Bulgarian string musical instrument played with a bow. ... The gaohu (高胡) is a Chinese bowed string instrument used in playing traditional Guangdong Cantonese music and operas. ... The Gehu is a Chinese instrument developed by Yang Yusen in the 20th century. ... side view of the gaychak front view of the gaychak The ghaychak is a stringed musical instrument from Iran. ... The Goje, is one of the many names for a variety of one or two-stringed fiddles from West Africa, almost exclusively played by ethnic groups inhabiting the Sahel and Sudan sparsely vegetated grassland belts leading to the Sahara. ... Gudok is an ancient Russian string musical instrument, which was played with a bow. ... Serbian Gusle The gusle or gusla (Albanian: Lahuta, Bulgarian: Гусла, Croatian: Gusle, Serbian: Гусле, Gusle) is a single-stringed instrument used in the Balkans and on the Dinarides area. ... The haegeum (해금) is a traditional Korean string instrument, resembling a fiddle. ... Korea (Korean: 한국 in South Korea or ì¡°ì„  in North Korea, see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ... A hardingfele A Hardanger fiddle or hardingfele (Norwegian) is a traditional stringed instrument from Norway. ... The huluhu (traditional: 葫盧胡; simplified: 葫芦胡; pinyin: húlúhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. ... Huqin are a family of instruments used in Chinese music. ... An igil (Tuvan- игил) is a two-stringed Tuvan musical instrument (huur), it is called ikil in western mongolia, played by bowing the strings. ... A jinghu (Pinyin: JÄ«ng Hú) is a bowed Chinese instrument used in Beijing Opera. ... 1 Tepe - Top : Same as the body To Kifal - Head : Same as the body 2 Otia - Pegs (Ears): Same as the body 3 Goula - Neck : Same as the body 4 Spaler - Fingerboard (Slabbering bib) : Same as the body 5 Kapak - Soundboard 6 Rothounia - Soundholes (Nostrals) 7 Gaidaron - Bridge (Rider): Made... Image:Http://www. ... The laruan (also called la ruan) is a relatively new Chinese string instrument blending the acoustics of the ruan with that of the Western cello. ... The leiqin is a Chinese bowed string instrument. ... The lirone, the bass member of the lira family of instruments, is a bowed string instrument with between 9 and 16 gut strings. ... The maguhu (馬骨胡; simplified: 马骨胡; pinyin: mÇŽgÇ”hú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. ... As with the krar, this is the instrument of the Ethiopian minstrels, the Azmaris (singer in Amharic). ... Mongolian musician playing the Morin khuur The morin khuur or morin huur (from the Mongolian: морин хуур) or matouqin (from the Chinese: 馬頭琴) is a chordophone of Mongolian origin whose name roughly translates as horse-head fiddle in English. ... A nyckelharpa The nyckelharpa (Swedish for key harp) is traditional in Sweden. ... The octobass is an extremely large bowed string instrument constructed about 1850 in Paris by the French luthier Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798-1875). ... The psalmodicon, or psalmodikon, is a single-stringed musical instrument. ... The rebec in Virgin among Virgins (1509), by Gerard David. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... A man playing a sarinda while sitting on the ground A sarinda is a stringed Indian musical instrument similar to lutes or fiddles. ... The saw sam sai (sometimes spelled saw samsai, and occasionally called simply sam sai; literally three stringed fiddle) is a traditional bowed string instrument of Thailand. ... The sihu is a Chinese bowed string instrument with four strings. ... Tro is the generic name for traditional bowed string instruments in Cambodia. ... The trumpet marine, also known as the tromba marina, is a stringed instrument. ... The vielle is a European bowed stringed instrument used in the Medieval period, similar to a modern violin but with a somewhat longer body and five (rather than four) gut strings. ... Various sizes of viol, from Michael Praetorius Syntagma musicum (1618) Early Italian tenor viola da gamba, detail from the painting , by Raphael Sanzio, c. ... Frontispiece from John Playfords Musicks recreation on the lyra viol The lyra viol is a small bass viol, used primarily in England in the seventeenth century. ... The violone (literally large viol in Italian, -one being the suffix for large) is a musical instrument of the viol family. ... From The Division-viol, an explanation and illustration of proper posture while playing the viol. ... A viola bastarda. ... The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is a string instrument played with a bow. ... Viola dAmore from the mid eighteenth century (Library of Congress collection) The viola damore (Italian: love viol) is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. ... The viola pomposa was a bowed string instrument with five strings, used between 1725 and 1770. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... This electric violin, made by Leo Fender in the late 1950s, has a non-traditional design. ... The kit violin, or kit (Tanzmeistergeige in german), is a stringed musical instrument. ... A Stroh violin has a metal horn and resonator instead of a sound box. ... The violin octet is a family of stringed instruments developed in the 20th century primarily under the direction of Carleen Hutchins; each instrument is based directly on the traditional violin and shares its acoustical properties, with the goal of a richer and more homogenous sound. ... The vertical viola, or alto violin, is a stringed instrument with the range of a viola that is played in the manner of a cello. ... A violotta is a tenor viola (or tenor violin) invented by the German luthier Alfred Stelzner and patented in 1891. ... The yaylı tanbur is a bowed lute from Turkey. ... Image:Yaqin. ... Yehu is a Chinese stringed huqin family instrument used particularly in the South. ... Zhonghu The zhonghu (中胡, pinyin: zhōnghú) is a low-pitched Chinese bowed string instrument. ... The zhuihu (坠胡, pinyin: zhùihú; also called zhuiqin or zhuizixian) is a two-stringed bowed string instrument from China. ...

Plucked instruments

Guitar and lute
Guitar and lute
the Moodswinger, a 12 string electric overtone zither
the Moodswinger, a 12 string electric overtone zither

A modern guitar and a replica of a Renaissance lute. ... A modern guitar and a replica of a Renaissance lute. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (525x851, 86 KB) This picture is taken by me (Yuri Landman). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (525x851, 86 KB) This picture is taken by me (Yuri Landman). ... In 2006 luthier Yuri Landman built the Moodswinger, a 12 string overtone zither for Aaron Hemphill of the noiseband Liars The Moodswinger is a custom made string instrument made by Yuri Landman. ... Two Appalachian dulcimers The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, although contemporary versions of the instrument can have as many as twelve strings and six courses. ... An Autoharp The Autoharp is a musical string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers which, when depressed, mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord. ... The baÄŸlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean. ... A bajo sexto (Spanish: lower sixth) is a type of 12 string guitar used in Mexican music. ... Balalaika The balalaika (Russian: балала́йка; IPA ) is a stringed instrument of Russian origin, with a characteristic triangular body and 3 strings (or sometimes 6, in pairs). ... A Bandura and a Torban, at the Royal College of Music Julian Kytasty, plays a prima Chernihiv bandura The Experimental Bandura Тrio: Jurij Fedynsky, Julian Kytasty,and Michael Andrec Ken Bloom, plays a Kharkiv bandura Yuri Singalevych(Lviv) playing a diatonic bandura c. ... The bandurria is a plectrum plucked chordophone from Spain, similar to the cittern, primarily used in Spanish folk music. ... For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) A modern 5-string banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument of African American origin adapted from several African instruments. ... // History The barbat is an ancient instrument of Persian origin, refined during the Arab age into the current form of oud. ... Common Playing Position According to Ethiopian tradition, the Begena was used by David to soothe King Sauls nerves and heal him of insomnia and that the instrument came to Ethiopia from Israel at the time of Menelik I. Its actual origin remains in doubt, even though Ethiopian manuscripts depict... The Bordonua (Bordonúa) is a large, deep body (sound-boxes are usually 6 in or 15. ... Greek (tetrachordo) Bouzouki The bouzouki (gr. ... Buzuq (Arabic بزق; also transliterated bozuq, bozouk, etc. ... The cavaquinho is a small string instrument (like the ukulele) of the European guitar family with four wires or gut strings. ... Miniature of an Ottoman çeng The çeng is a Turkish harp. ... Visit the Guitar Portal A Bolivian charango This article is about an instrument. ... The chitarre battente (Italian: lit. ... Modern acoustic bass guitars The acoustic bass guitar (ABG) is a popular modern term to describe an acoustic musical instrument based on the configuration of basses pioneered by Leo Fenders electric precision bass. ... A woodcut of a Cittern The cittern is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance, having evolved considerably since that time. ... The name cuatro can refer to any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute family. ... Standard Cümbüş The cümbüş (IPA: , sometimes approximated as by English speakers) is a Turkish stringed instrument of relatively modern origin. ... The đàn bầu is a Vietnamese one-stringed zither. ... The đàn nguyệt (also called đàn nguyệt cầm, đàn kìm, moon lute, or moon guitar is a two-stringed Vietnamese traditional musical instrument. ... The đàn tranh is a plucked zither of Vietnam. ... The đàn tỳ bà is a Vietnamese traditional plucked string instrument. ... Daruan is the Chinese bass moon guitar. ... The diddley bow is an American string instrument of African origin. ... The dombra is a long-necked, two-stringed instrument, possessing a resonating chamber, somewhat similar to a banjo or a lute, and especially popular in the Central Asian nations. ... Domra Domra (домра) is a long-necked Russian string instrument with three or four steel strings and a round resonator. ... A doshpuluur The doshpuluur is a long-necked Tuvan lute made from wood, usually pine (larch) or cedar. ... Capital Kyzyl Area - total - % water Ranked 22nd - 170,500 km² - negligible Population - Total - Density Ranked 77th - est. ... The drumtar, not to be confused with the drumitar, is a plucked stringed instrument created from a snare drum. ... Dotar Khorasan The dutar (also dotar or doutar) is a traditional long-necked two-stringed lute found in Central Asia. ... The duxianqin (独弦琴, pinyin: dúxiánqín; lit. ... Ektara (Bangla: একতারা) is a one string instrument used in Bangladesh and India. ... Fender Precision Bass Bass Guitar is a commonly spoken phrase used to refer to the electric bass and horizontal acoustic basses, a stringed instrument similar in design to the electric guitar, but larger in size, commonly fretted and sometimes fretless and with a lower range. ... Aria SWB 02/5 5 string EUB The electric upright bass (abbreviated EUB and sometimes also called stick bass) is an electronically amplified version of the double bass that has a minimal or skeleton body. ... A gayageum is a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings, although more recently variants have been constructed with 21 or other numbers of strings. ... Geomungo is a traditional stringed musical instrument invented in Korea around 550 by famous musician Wang San-ak. ... Korea (Korean: 한국 in South Korea or ì¡°ì„  in North Korea, see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ... Gottuvadhyam also known as the chitravina, is an Carnatic music instrument played in Southern India. ... An electric instrument invented by Robert Gravi, modeled on the West African kora. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... The acoustic bass guitar (also called ABG or acoustic bass) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually somewhat larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... Mustapick Deep Baritone Guitar Baritone guitar It was actually the Danelectro Company that first introduced the Baritone Guitar to the music world in the late 1950’s. ... The tenor guitar is a slightly smaller, four-string version of the steel-string acoustic guitar or electric guitar. ... The harp guitar (also spelled “harp-guitar”) is a stringed instrument with an incredibly rich history of well over two centuries. ... A modern tricone resonator guitar, with electric pickup A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar is an acoustic guitar whose sound is produced by one or more metal resonators rather than by a wooden guitar belly. ... A modern Gibson Dobro Dobro is a trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar. ... The guitarrón is a very large, deep-bodied Mexican 6-string acoustic bass guitar played in Mariachi bands. ... The Gusli (гусли) is an ancient Russian musical instrument, a kind of a harp, not to be confused with Balkan Gusle. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The guzheng, or gu zheng (Chinese: ; pinyin: gÇ”zhÄ“ng) or zheng (箏) (gu- means ancient) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. ... The harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ... Deborah Henson-Conant playing her electric harp. ... Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is any of a family of European keyboard instruments, including the large instrument currently called a harpsichord, but also the smaller virginals, the muselar virginals and the spinet. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... An Irish Bouzouki The Irish bouzouki is a slightly modified bouzouki Bouzoukis were introduced into Irish Traditional Music in the 1970s, by Johnny Moynihan and Alec Finn, and popularised by Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny. ... Kacapi is a zither-like Sundanese musical instrument played as the main accompanying instrument in the Tembang Sunda or Kacapi Suling genre, or an additional instrument in Gamelan Degung performance. ... Koistinen concert kantele with 38 strings A kantele, Finnish (or kannel) in Estonian, is a traditional plucked string instrument. ... Typical Turkish kanun with 79-tone mandal configuration by Ozan Yarman The qanún or kanun (Arabic qânûn, from Greek κανων measuring rod; rule akin to καννα cane) is a string instrument found in Near Eastern traditional music based on Maqamat. ... Kobza (Ukrainian: ) is a traditional Ukrainian stringed musical instrument, from the lute family, and more specifically a relative of Central European mandora. ... The konghou is an ancient Chinese harp. ... A kontigi or kuntigi is a one- or two-stringed stringed lute used in Nigerian Hausa music. ... Master Kora maker Alieu Suso in the Gambia The kora (French: cora) is a 21 string harp-lute used extensively by Mandingo peoples in West Africa. ... Masayo Ishigure plays the koto The koto (箏) is a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument derived from Chinese zithers. ... The krar is a five- or six-stringed lyre from Ethiopia and Eritrea, tuned to a pentatonic scale. ... We dont have an article called Kutiyapi Start this article Search for Kutiyapi in. ... The Langeleik is a traditional stringed musical instrument from Norway. ... Look up laud in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A liuqin The liuqin (柳琴; pinyin: liÇ”q­ín) is a four-stringed Chinese lute with a pear-shaped body. ... A medieval era lute. ... An Archlute by Matteo Sellas, Venice, 17th century The archlute (Italian arciliuto, German Erzlaute, Russian Архилютня) a European plucked string instrument was developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo, the size and re-entrant tuning of which made for difficuties in the performance of solo music, and... Theorbo A theorbo (from Italian tiorba, also tuorbe in French, Theorbe in German) is a plucked string instrument. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A mandolin is a small, stringed musical instrument which is plucked, strummed or a combination of both. ... mandola A mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Europe, Ireland, and UK) is a stringed musical instrument. ... A mandola is a stringed musical instrument. ... The mandocello (sometimes spelled mandacello) is a musical instrument of the mandolin family. ... The Mohan veena is a stringed musical instrument used in Indian classical music. ... A monochord is an ancient musical and scientific laboratory instrument. ... For the device drawn across the strings of string instruments such as the violin to make them sound, see bow (music). ... Nyatiti is an eight-stringed instrument played by plucking the strings. ... Front and rear views of an oud. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... A woman plays the pipa in the New York City Subways Times Square Station, 2004. ... The Portuguese guitar was developed based on the English guitar, which was created in England in the late 18th century out of a Renaissance instrument called cittern. ... A psaltery is a stringed musical instrument of the harp or the zither family. ... Typical Turkish kanun with 79-tone mandal configuration by Ozan Yarman The qanún or kanun (Arabic qânûn, from Greek κανων measuring rod; rule akin to καννα cane) is a string instrument found in Near Eastern traditional music based on Maqamat. ... The qinqin (秦琴) is a plucked Chinese lute with a wooden body, fretted neck, and either two or four strings. ... When applied to musical instruments, the term requinto is used in both Spanish and Portuguese to mean a smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument. ... This article is about the instrument, for the Indonesian island see Rote Island. ... The rubab (also spelled rubāb) is a plucked string instrument from Afghanistan and Pakistan. ... Ustad Asad Ali Khan,Pandit Hindraj Divekar,Ustad Shamsuddin Faridi Desai and Ustad Bahauddin Dagar(Dagar Veena-a variation of the traditional Rudra Veena) are the surviving exponents of the instrument in India. ... Hossein Alizadeh playing the sallaneh The sallaneh (سلانه) is a newly developed plucked string instrument made under the supervision of the Iranian musician Hossein Alizadeh, and constructed by Siamak Afshari. ... Chinese postage stamp depicting a sanxian The sanxian (Chinese: 三弦, pinyin sānxián, Wade-Giles san1-hsien2, lit. ... The Saraswati veena (also spelled Saraswati vina) is an Indian plucked string instrument. ... Å argija -(shar-ghee-ya) is a plucked, long necked lute used in Bosnian folk music. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The saung (also known as the saung-guak, or Myanmar harp, the countrys previous name was Burma) is a Burmese traditional musical instrument made of sixteen silk strings attached to a neck by red cotton tuning cords terminating in large tassels. ... The Saz (from Persian: ‎ , music) is a plucked stringed instrument, popular in Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Balkan countries. ... Kitagawa Utamaro, Flowers of Edo: Young Womans Narrative Chanting to the Samisen, ca. ... Diagram of some sitar parts. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Pandura. ... The tamburitza (tamburica; diminutive of tambura) is the most popular instrument in Croatian folk music. ... The Pannonian Plain is a large plain in Central Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea (see below) dried out. ... Tanbur The tanbur (var. ... Iranian Tar Woman playing the tar in a painting from the Hasht-Behesht Palace in Isfahan Iran, 1669 Iranian Tar The tar is a long-necked, waisted lute found in Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and other areas near the Caucasus region. ... A tea chest bass is a home-made musical instrument that uses a wooden chest of the type once used to deliver tea as the resonator for an upright stringed bass. ... The Spanish word for treble or soprano, often applied to specific instruments. ... The torban or teorban is an Eastern European musical instrument that combined features of the Baroque lute with those of the psaltery. ... The Tres is a 3 course chordophone which was created in Cuba. ... The ukulele (Hawaiian: , IPA pronunciation: ; Anglicised pronunciation usually IPA: ), sometimes spelled ukelele (particularly in the UK) or uke, is a chordophone classified as a plucked lute; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four strings or four courses of strings. ... Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ... The valiha is a bamboo tube zither from Madagascar. ... Woman playing the Veena. ... The Vichitra Veena is a plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music. ... Orpheus playing a vihuela. ... Paul Panhuysen is a composer, visual artist, and the director of Het Apollohuis. ... Sound sculpture (related to sound art and sound installation) is a multimedia artform in which sculpture produces sound or the reverse. ... The moon guitar, also called moon-zither, gekkin, la chin, laqin, yueh-chin or yueqin (Pinyin from Chinese 月琴), is a traditional Chinese string instrument. ... Zhongruan is the Chinese alto moon guitar. ... The zhu (ç­‘) was an ancient Chinese string instrument. ... Concert zither The zither is a musical string instrument, mainly used in folk music, most commonly in German-speaking Alpine Europe. ...

Struck instruments

Three Berimbaus The berimbau is a single-string percussion instrument, a musical bow, from Brazil. ... It is also possible that you want to know about the Cymbal instrument. ... A 10 string Chapman Stick The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. ... The chitarre battente (Italian: lit. ... Large five-octave unfretted clavichord by Paul Maurici, after J.A. Haas The clavichord is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. ... The đàn tam thập lục (also called simply tam thập lục) is a Vietnamese hammered dulcimer with 36 metal strings. ... A diatonic hammered dulcimer made by Masterworks The hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Kim (musical instrument). ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... The santoor is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer often made of walnut, with seventy strings. ... Santur Woman playing the santur in a painting from the Hasht-Behesht Palace in Isfahan Iran, 1669 The santur (سنتور – also santÅ«r, santour, santoor) is a hammered dulcimer of Iran. ... Motto (official) Esteqlāl, āzādÄ«, jomhÅ«rÄ«-ye eslāmÄ« 1(Persian) Independence, freedom, Islamic Republic (national) Anthem SorÅ«d-e MellÄ«-e Īrān 2 Capital (and largest city) Tehran Official languages Persian Government Islamic Republic  -  Supreme Leader  -  President Establishment  -  Proto-Elamite Period 8000 BCE   -  Middle-Elamite Period... Warr Guitar custom Piezo/MIDI 14-string with uncrossed tuning. ... The yanggeum is a traditional Korean string instrument. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Instruments played in another way

Aeolian harp in the old castle of Baden Baden, from an article in Scientific American Supplement, No. ... Drawing of a hurdy gurdy A hurdy gurdy (alternately, hurdy-gurdy) is a stringed musical instrument. ... Ellen Fullman (born 1957) is a composer. ... Ellen Fullman (born 1957) is a composer. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ (lambda),[1][2] describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ...

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