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String instrument

In musical instrument classification, string instruments, or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer strums, plucks, strikes or sounds the strings in varying manners.

Classification, Renaissance to modern & Earliest string instruments

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Classification

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Renaissance to modern

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Earliest string instruments

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Sound production

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Classification

Earliest string instruments

Lutes

Renaissance to modern

Types of instruments

Changing the pitch of a vibrating string

String length or scale length

Contact points along the string

Production of multiple notes

Sympathetic strings

Sound production

Symphonic strings

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String instrument

Nodes256
Edges255
Triples117
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007813
Components1

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String instrument

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related to External links · 16
String instrument → American Luthiers, Bloomingdale School, Brief History, Cambridge University Press, Chisholm, Depth, Encyclopædia Britannica, Guild, Hugh, Music, Savart Journal Archived, String Instruments Archived, Stringed, The, The Viola, Wayback Machine
related to Classification · 8
String instrument → Hornbostel, In, It, Most, Sachs, Sachs's, The, This
related to Production of multiple notes · 8
String instrument → Many, On, One, Pressing, Some, Such, The, To
related to Renaissance to modern · 8
String instrument → At, Baroque, In, Renaissance, Spanish, String, The, Violins
related to Changing the pitch of a vibrating string · 6
String instrument → Hence, Instruments, Real, String, The, There
related to Acoustic instruments · 4
String instrument → In, It, On, The
related to Electronic amplification · 4
String instrument → Amplified, Another, Most, Some
related to Playing techniques · 4
String instrument → All, An, The, They
related to Symphonic strings · 3
String instrument → The, ViolasCellosDouble, Violins
see also · 3
String instrument → Essay, List, Musical

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
the musical bowinstance ofZithers include stick zithers0.80text
tube zithers with a tube as the resonator such as the valihainstance ofZithers include stick zithers0.80text
raft zithers in which tube zithers are tied into a singleinstance ofZithers include stick zithers0.80text
the Greek kitharainstance ofSachs divided this into the box lyre0.80text
the bowl lyre which used a bowl on its side with skin soundboard.The harp which has strings vertical to the soundboardinstance ofSachs divided this into the box lyre0.80text
the gitterninstance ofemerged in Europe through instruments0.80text
a four-stringed precursor to the guitarinstance ofemerged in Europe through instruments0.80text
and basic lutesinstance ofemerged in Europe through instruments0.80text
the bandora were produced alongside quill-plucked citternsinstance ofwhile more elaborate bass instruments0.80text
and Spanish body guitars.In the 19th centuryinstance ofwhile more elaborate bass instruments0.80text
string instruments were made more widely available through mass productioninstance ofwhile more elaborate bass instruments0.80text
with wood string instruments a key part of orchestrasinstance ofwhile more elaborate bass instruments0.80text

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