Bowed string instrument
Bowed string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by a bow rubbing the strings. The bow rubbing the string causes vibration which the instrument emits as sound.
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Despite the numerous specialist studies devoted to the origin of bowing, the origin of bowing remains unknown.[1]
List of bowed string instruments
Violin family
- Cello (violoncello)
- Pochette
- Viola (altviol, bratsche)
- Violin (violino)
- Double bass (contrabasso)
- Variants on the standard members of the violin family include
Viol family (Viola da Gamba family)
- Alto viol (alto viola da gamba)
- Bass viol (bass viola da gamba)
- Tenor viol (tenor viola da gamba)
- Treble viol (treble viola da gamba)
- Variants on the standard four members of the viol family include
Lyra and rebec type
Chinese bowed instruments
Rosined wheel instruments
The following instruments are sounded by means of a turning wheel that acts as the bow:
Other bowed instruments
- Agiarut
- Ajaeng
- Arpeggione
- Bowed dulcimer
- Bowed guitar
- Bowed psaltery
- Byzaanchy
- Chuurqin
- Crwth
- Đàn nhị
- Đàn hồ
- Đàn gáo
- Daxophone
- Esraj
- Fiðla
- Gadulka
- Ghaychak
- Giga
- Gudok
- Gue
- Gusle
- Haegeum
- Huqin
- Igil
- Imzad
- Jouhikko
- Kingri
- Kokyū
- Kobyz
- Masenqo
- Morin khuur
- Musical saw
- Neola
- Nyckelharpa (Swedish keyed fiddle)
- Ravanahatha
- Salo
- Sarangi
- Sarangi (Nepali)
- Sarinda
- Saw duang
- Saw sam sai
- Saw u
- Shichepshin
- Sohaegeum
- Sorahi
- Sorud
- Talharpa
- Tautirut
- Tro sau thom
- Tro Khmer
- Tro sau toch
- Tro u
- Umbang
- Vielle
- Violoncello da spalla
- Yaylı tambur
See also
References
- Friedrich Behn, Musikleben im Altertum und frühen page 159
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