String instrument topic
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A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones. The most common string instruments in the string family are violin, cello, viola, double bass, guitar, and harp.
All string instruments produce sound from one or more vibrating strings, transferred to the air by the body of the instrument (or by a pickup in...
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