Music Sound

String instruments are usually divided by the techniques used to produce sound. Below is a list of string instruments, categorized in this manner.

Contents 1 String instruments usually bowed 2 String instruments usually plucked 3 Instruments where the strings are usually struck 4 String instruments played in some other way 5 Traditional string instruments by country

String instruments usually bowed

• Banhu (China)
  Baryton
  Bowed psaltery
• Cello
  • Electric cello
• Cizhonghu (China)
  Crwth
  Dahu (China)
  Đàn gáo (Vietnam)
  Diyingehu (China)
  Double bass
  Erhu (China)
  Erxian (China)
  Esraj (India)
• Fiddle (colloquial term for violin)
• Gadulka (Bulgaria)
  Gaohu (China)
  Gehu (China)
  Ghaychak (Iran)
  Goje (Ghana)
  Gudok (Russia)
  Gusle
  Haegeum (Korea)
  Hardanger fiddle (Norway)
  Huluhu (China)
  Huqin (China)
  Jinghu (China)
  Kemenche (Turkey)
  Kokyu (Japan)
  Laruan (China)
  Leiqin (China)
  Lirone
  Maguhu (China)
  Morin khuur (Mongolia)
  Nyckelharpa (Sweden)
  Octobass
  Psalmodikon
  Rebec
  Sarangi (India)
  Sarinda (India)
  Saw sam sai (Thailand)
  Sihu (China)
  Tro (Cambodia)
  Trumpet marine or tromba marina
  Vielle
• Viol (viola da gamba)
  • Violone
• Viola
• Viola d'amore
  Viola pomposa
• Violin
  • Electric violin
    Kit violin (Dancing master violin)
    Stroh violin
  • Violin octet instruments
    • Vertical viola
• Violotta
  Yehu (China)
  Zhonghu (China)
  Zhuihu (China)

String instruments usually plucked

Guitar and lute

• Appalachian dulcimer (United States)
  Autoharp
  Bağlama
  Bajo sexto (Mexico)
  Balalaika (Russia)
  Bandura (Ukraine)
  Bandurria
• Banjo (American)
• Barbat
  Begena (Ethiopia)
  Bordonua
• Bouzouki (Greece)
• Bugarija (Croatia)
  Cavaquinho (Portugal and Brazil)
  Çeng (Turkey)
  Charango (South America)
  Chitarrone (Mexico)
  Cittern
  Cuatro
  Cümbüş (Turkey)
  Đàn bầu (Vietnam)
  Đàn nguyệt (Vietnam)
  Đàn tranh (Vietnam)
  Đàn tỳ bà (Vietnam)
  Daruan (China)
  Diddley bow (United States)
  Dombra (East Europe and Middle Asia)
  Domra (Russia)
  Doshpuluur (Tuva)
  Dutar
  Duxianqin (China)
  Ektara (India)
• Electric bass
  • Electric upright bass
• Gayageum (Korea)
  Gottuvadhyam (India)
• Guitar
  • Bass guitar
  • Acoustic bass guitar
  • Cigar box guitar
  • Electric guitar
  • Harp guitar
  • Resonator guitar (a.k.a. dobro)
• Guitarrón (Mexico)
  Gusli (Russia)
  Guqin (China)
  Guzheng (China)
• Harp
  • Electric harp
• Harpsichord (Europe, keyboard instrument)
• Irish bouzouki
  Kacapi
  Kantele (Finland)
  Kanun (Middle East, Persia)
  Kobza (Ukraine)
  Komungo (Korea)
  Konghou (China)
  Kontigi (Nigeria)
  Kora (West Africa)
  Koto (Japan)
  Krar (Ethiopia)
  Langeleik (Norway)
  Laud
  Liuqin (China)
• Lute (Europe)
  • Archlute
    Theorbo
• Lyre
• Mandolin
  • Mandocello
    Mandola
    Mando-banjo
• Mohan veena
  Monochord
  Musical bow
  Nyatiti (Kenya)
  Oud (Middle East, Greece)
  Pandura
  Pipa (China)
  Portuguese guitar
  Psaltery
  Qanún/kanun (Middle East, Persia)
  Qinqin (China)
  Requinto
  Rote
  Rubab
  Rudra veena (India)
  Sanxian (China)
  Saraswati veena (India)
  Sarod (India)
  Saung (Burma)
  Saz (Turkey}
  Shamisen (Japan)
• Sitar (India)
• Tambura
  Tamburitza (Pannonian plain)
  Tanbur
  Tar (lute)
  Tea chest bass
  Tiple
  Torban
  Tres (Cuba)
• Ukulele (Hawaii)
• Valiha (Madagascar)
  Veena (India)
  Vichitra veena (India)
  Vihuela (Spain)
  Paul Panhuysen's string installations
  Yueqin (China)
  Zhongruan (China)
  Zhu (China)
• Zither

Instruments where the strings are usually struck

• Berimbau (Brazil)
  Cimbalom (Hungary)
  Chapman stick
  Clavichord (keyboard instrument)
  Hammered dulcimer
  Khim (Thailand and Cambodia)
• Piano (keyboard instrument)
• Santur (Persia)
  Warr guitar
  Yangqin (China)

String instruments played in some other way

Aeolian harp (air movement)
Hurdy gurdy (rotating wheel, similar in effect to a bow)
Ellen Fullman's Long String Instrument, rubbed, the strings vibrate in the longitudinal mode

Traditional string instruments by country

• North America:
  • Appalachian dulcimer
    Autoharp
  • Banjo
• Benelux:
  • Hommel
    Vlier
    Épinette
    Hakkebord
• Bulgaria:
  • Gadulka
    Tambura
• Burundi: Inanga (zither) (also Burundian zither)
• China:
  • Guqin (7-string zither)
    Guzheng (21-string zither)
    Huqin (family of bowed lutes)
    Erhu (2-string bowed lute)
    Gaohu (2-string bowed lute, high pitched)
    Pipa (4-string pear-shaped lute)
    Sanxian (3-string fretless lute)
    Yángqín (hammered dulcimer)
    Zhu
• Croatia: Tamburitza
• Estonia, Finland: Kannel
• Finland: Kantele
• France: Épinette
• Germany:
  • Scheitholt
    Hackbrett
    Hammered dulcimer
• Greece:
  • Bouzouki
  • Lyra
• Hungary: Cimbalom
• Iceland: Langspil
• India: Santoor
• Japan:
  • Ichigenkin
    Koto
• Korea:
  • Gayageum
    Geomungo
• Latvia: kokle
• Lithuania: Kanklės
• Norway: Langeleik
• Oceania: Ukulele
• Persia: Santur
• Rwanda: Inanga (zither)
• Russia:
  • Balalaika
    Domra
    Gusli
• Slovenia: Drone zither
• Java: Sundanese Kacapi
• Sweden: Hummel
• Vietnam:
  • Dan Tranh
    Dan Thap Luc