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Class of musical instruments with vibrating strings

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. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: String instrumentA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Pau-brasil and string instrument bows telecouple nature, art, and heritageInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Antoine Stradivari, luthier célèbre connu sous le nom de StradivariusThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Perception and Adjustment of Pitch in Inharmonic String Instrument TonesCited 12 times
  5. Go sideways: Plucked string instrumentA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: List of chordophones by Hornbostel–Sachs numberA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Classification
  2. Earliest string instruments
  3. Lutes
  4. Renaissance to modern
  5. Types of instruments
  6. Changing the pitch of a vibrating string
  7. String length or scale length
  8. Contact points along the string
  9. Production of multiple notes
  10. Sympathetic strings
  11. Sound production
  12. Symphonic strings

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🆕 Influential since 2022

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