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	String instrument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by tiny plectra).
		This is the length of the string from nut to bridge on bowed or plucked instruments and ultimately determines the distance between different notes on the instrument.
		Other keyed string instruments, small enough to be held by a strolling player, include the plucked autoharp, the bowed nyckelharpa, and the hurdy gurdy, which is played by cranking a rosined wheel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/String_instrument (1160 words)

	String instrument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by tiny plectra).
		Some string instruments have keyboards attached which are manipulated by the player, meaning she does not have to pay attention to the strings directly.
		Instruments such as the guitar and kora are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a plectrum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/String_instrument (1160 words)

	String instrument - free-definition
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by tiny plectra).
		Some string instruments have keyboards attached which are manipulated by the player, meaning she does not have to pay attention to the strings directly.
		Instruments such as the guitar and kora are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a plectrum.
	www.free-definition.com /String-instrument.html (1160 words)

	Indian Musical Instruments
		The strings are plucked by a horn plectrum.
		An ancient stringed instrument referred to in the ancient literature of the Vedic period, used as an accompaniment to the chanting of samagana.
		The yazh was an open-stringed polyphonous instrument, with a wooden boat-shaped skin-covered resonator and an ebony stem.
	www.rso.cornell.edu /spicmacay/spicmacay_files/home_files/instr.html (1160 words)

	stringed instrument -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
		In nearly all stringed instruments the sound of the vibrating string is amplified by the use of a resonating chamber or soundboard.
		Idiophones are instruments whose own substance vibrates to produce sound (as opposed to the strings of a guitar or the air column of a flute); examples include bells, clappers, and rattles.
		The string may be struck, plucked, or rubbed (bowed); in each case the effect is to displace the...
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article?tocId=9379721 (1160 words)

	Bowed String Instruments
		With its six or seven strings it belongs to the family of viols with sympathetic strings, these running accessibly behind the neck and fixed to a diagonally-mounted bridge; they were plucked by the thumb of the left hand.
		The peculiar, trumpet-like sound emitted by the instrument is produced by the vibrating bridge, the free foot of which strikes the belly when the strings vibrate.
		Ranging from the contrabass instrument (violone) on the one hand to the treble instrument on the other, the members of the viol family are usually played between the knees or held downwards on the lap.
	www.coog.com /mm-bowed.htm (1160 words)

	Synth Secrets: Practical Bowed-string Synthesis
		These are commonly accepted to be the violin, viola and cello, although -- despite its use as a plucked instrument in jazz and rock and roll -- the double bass is also a member of the family.
		As I explained in last month's instalment of this series (see www.soundonsound.com/sos/ apr03/articles/synthsecrets48.asp), the action of the bow upon the string and the action of the string upon the bridge produce a sawtooth wave in the bridge itself.
		What happens when we energise the body of the instrument is a little more complex, although we can describe it in similar fashion; the body has a complex frequency response that imposes another set of resonances and anti-resonances upon the sound.
	www.soundonsound.com /sos/May03/articles/synthsecrets49.asp (1160 words)

	Chinese Musical Instruments - Zhuihu
		The Zhuihu combines the left hand technique of the plucked string instrument Sanxian and the right hand bow technique of the Erhu.
		The Jinghu, the chief instrument of the Beijing Opera, is smaller in size than the other bowed string instruments.
		Zhuihu (Bowed String Instrument), also known as Zhuiqin or Zhuizi, is altered from Sanxian (a three-stringed musical instrument), can be used to perform solo and tutti.
	www.paulnoll.com /China/Music/mus-zhuihu.html (1160 words)

	Glossary :: Hugo Media Group, Inc.
		The resonator and right-hand bowing techniques are the same as the erhu, but the tuning, fingering board and left-hand techniques resemble that of the plucked-string instrument, the Sanxian.
		Originally a ritual instrument, it had five strings, that corresponded to the "five agents" (wood, fire, earth, metal and water) which are active elements in any process, material or spiritual.
		ERXIAN A Chinese bowed-string musical instrument used in early Guangdong music.
	www.hugomedia.com /glossary.htm (1160 words)

	Lutherie Info - for Builders of Stringed Musical Instruments
		A collection of resources on the subject of designing and building plucked stringed musical instruments, from R.M. Mottola at Liutaio Mottola, nonprofit provider of design, research and educational resources to the lutherie community.
		Technical Info for Instrument Designers Formulae, data tables, and other technical information and resources for designers of stringed musical instruments.
		Some Stringed Musical Instruments, and Plans Descriptions of some original instruments.
	www.liutaiomottola.com (1160 words)

	String Musical Instrument
		In the shape of a pipa (a plucked string musical instrument with a fretted fingerboard), Xuanwei ham has yellow or light red skin, and red, peach red or rose color meat.
		At that time it was possibly known under a general generic term for a string musical instrument such as husli or gusli.
		My father kept a variety of string musical instrument in the store, and Saturday night was usually livened by any musicians who happened along.
	www.getinstruments.com /musicalinstrumentrecorder/stringmusicalinstrument (1160 words)

	Musical instrument classification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For this reason, keyboard instruments are often regarded as inhabiting a category of their own, including all instruments played by a keyboard, whether they have struck strings (like the piano), plucked strings (like the harpsichord) or no strings at all (like the celesta).
		The scheme was later expanded by Martin Agricola, who distinguished plucked string instruments, such as guitars, from bowed string instruments, such as violins.
		He was the curator of the musical instrument collection of the conservatoire in Brussels, and for the 1888 catalogue of the collection divided instruments into four groups: strings, winds, drums, and other percussion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Musical_instrument_classification (748 words)

	String instrument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by tiny plectra).
		Similar timbral distinctions are also possible with plucked string instruments by selecting an appropriate plucking point, although the difference is perhaps more subtle.
		Some string instruments have keyboards attached which are manipulated by the player, meaning she does not have to pay attention to the strings directly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/String_instrument (748 words)

	The Kantele Shop > About the Kantele
		The kantele - a plucked stringed instrument of the worldwide zither family - is a traditional folk music instrument that has been played in Finland and other Baltic countries since pre-historic times (see also the Ancient Lithuanian Kanklës website with drawings of kanteles and other Baltic Psalteries).
		During the revival of traditional folk music in Finland beginning in the 1950s and continuing until now, thousands of Finns took up playing the different sizes of kanteles - especially the 5-string, 10-string and 36-six string versions of the instrument.
		When European music became more popular in Finland, kantele makers and players began to add more strings to their instruments so that these newer types of music could be played on kanteles also.
	www.kantele.com /about.html (748 words)

	Violoncello, or cello (from stringed instrument) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In nearly all stringed instruments the sound of the vibrating string is amplified by the use of a resonating chamber or soundboard.
		Idiophones are instruments whose own substance vibrates to produce sound (as opposed to the strings of a guitar or the air column of a flute); examples include bells, clappers, and rattles.
		any musical instrument that produces sound by the vibration of strings, which may be made of vegetable fibre, metal, animal gut, or plastic.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=53732 (748 words)

	Glossary of Folk Instruments
		Lute - class of instruments related to the violin and guitar; do not necessarily have to have a 'body'; plucked or bowed; many types, usually with a bowl back.
		The Mexican version is a 6 string Mariachi bass guitar, while the Chilean is a 26 string troubadour's instrument related to the Cuatro.
		Tenora - A double reed woodwind instrument (shawm) pitched in B flat from the Basque and Catalan regions, see also tiple or tible which is of the same family and pitched higher in F. Thavil - two-headed drum originating from Southern India; for festivals.
	www.hobgoblin-usa.com /info/glossary.htm (5228 words)

	stringed instrument -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		In nearly all stringed instruments the sound of the vibrating string is amplified by the use of a resonating chamber or soundboard.
		Idiophones are instruments whose own substance vibrates to produce sound (as opposed to the strings of a guitar or the air column of a flute); examples include bells, clappers, and rattles.
		Many varieties of plucked instruments were found in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; but bowed instruments eventually came to characterize the area, and they played an important role in the rest of Eurasia and in North Africa as well.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9379721?tocId=9379721 (841 words)

	String instrument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by tiny plectra).
		Instruments such as the guitar and kora are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a plectrum.
		With instruments such as the violin or guitar the player may press down on the strings with their fingers or some other device in order to effectively shorten the length of it which vibrates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/String_instrument (841 words)

	Wikinfo String instrument
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by quills).
		There are two common ways of bringing this about: instruments such as the guitar and kora are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a plectrum; while instruments like the cello and rebec are usually played by drawing a bow across the strings.
		Instruments which are normally bowed such as the violin, etc, must be bowed perpendicularly to the string, usually at a point half way between the end of the fingerboard and the bridge.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=String_instrument (667 words)

	Karplus-Strong string synthesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Karplus-Strong string synthesis is a method of physical modelling synthesis that loops a short waveform through a filtered delay line to simulate the sound of a hammered or plucked string or some types of percussion.
		Julius O. Smith III [1] and others realized that the Karplus-Strong algorithm was physically analogous to a sampling of the transversal wave on a string instrument, with the filter in the feedback loop representing the total string losses over one period.
		David A. Jaffe and Julius O. Smith, "Extensions of the Karplus-Strong Plucked String Algorithm", Computer Music Journal, vol.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karplus-Strong_string_synthesis (548 words)

	String instrument
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by tiny plectra).
		A vibrating string on its own makes only a very quiet sound, so string instruments are usually constructed in such a way so as this sound in amplified either by a hollow resonating chamber, a soundboard, or both.
		The strings' vibrations are distributed via the bridge to all surfaces of the instrument, and thus amplified.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/string_instrument (548 words)

	Encyclopedia: String instrument
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by tiny plectra).
		Some string instruments have keyboards attached which are manipulated by the player, meaning she does not have to pay attention to the strings directly.
		The strings' vibrations are distributed via the bridge to all surfaces of the instrument, and thus amplified.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/String-instrument (3975 words)

	Essentials of Music - Glossary
		Medieval plucked-string instrument similar to the modern zither, consisting of a sound box over which strings were stretched.
		Keyboard instrument whose strings are struck with hammers controlled by a keyboard mechanism; pedals control dampers in the strings that stop the sound when the finger releases the key.
		Instrument made of metal, wood, stretched skin or other material that is made to sound by striking, shaking, scraping or plucking.
	www.essentialsofmusic.com /glossary/p.html (949 words)

	Guitar Building: Acoustic Guitar Building, Electric Guitar Making, Guitar Repair, Violin Making, Dulcimer Making, Mandolin Building, Drum Making!
		There are instructional pages on several bowed and plucked instruments, gourd instruments, whistles and flutes including a slide-whistle, noisemakers, a string drum (accompanied by a longer article and more extensive instructions and plans), reed instruments and instructions on reed-making, drums, and some bagpipes and chanters.
		The Museum of Musical Instruments website includes an interactive virtual exhibition of Dangerous Curves: Art of the Guitar, a terrific exhibition that was displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, from November 5, 2000 through February 25, 2001; Bound For Glory: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie; and more.
		The Musical Instrument Makers Forum, the Web's only interactive forum for the discussion of musical instrument construction, design and repair; welcoming builders of all instruments at any skill level from expert to wannabe.
	www.mimf.com /link.htm#guitars (8229 words)

	Kantele - free-definition
		A kantele is a traditional Finnish plucked string instrument.
		Education for playing the instrument starts in schools and music institutes up to conservatories and the Sibelius Academy, the only music university in Finland.
		In The Kalevala (Finland's national epic), the magician Väinämöinen invents the first kantele with the jawbone of a giant pike and a few hairs from Hiisi's gelding.
	www.free-definition.com /Kantele.html (8229 words)

	Essentials of Music - Glossary
		Plucked-string instrument with round body in the form of a single-headed drum and a long, fretted neck; brought to the Americas from Africa by early slaves.
		Wind instrument popular in Eastern and Western Europe that has several tubes, one of which plays the melody while the others sound the drones, or sustained notes; a windbag is filled by either a mouth pipe or a set of bellows (uilleann pipes).
		The principal orchestral instruments of the brass family, from highest to lowest, are: trumpet, French horn, trombone and tuba.
	www.essentialsofmusic.com /glossary/b.html (8229 words)

	String Instruments
		The corresponding elements of a general string instrument are its strings, body, and plucking, striking, or bowing mechanism, respectively.
		A string plucked at 1/nth the distance from one end will not have energy at the nth partial and its integer multiples.
		The resonance frequencies (or normal modes) of the string are determined by its length, the wave speed of propagation, and the boundary conditions at each of its ends.
	ccrma.stanford.edu /courses/150-2001/strings.html (841 words)

	Guitar Building: Acoustic Guitar Building, Electric Guitar Making, Guitar Repair, Violin Making, Dulcimer Making, Mandolin Building, Drum Making!
		There are instructional pages on several bowed and plucked instruments, gourd instruments, whistles and flutes including a slide-whistle, noisemakers, a string drum (accompanied by a longer article and more extensive instructions and plans), reed instruments and instructions on reed-making, drums, and some bagpipes and chanters.
		Some instruments are very simple, others very complex, if you have any woodworking or instrument making experience you'll find something there that you can build.
		We list these webpages as a service to folks visiting The Musical Instrument Makers Forum, whom we assume are here because of an interest in building musical instruments.
	www.mimf.com /link.htm (841 words)

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