Bowed string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by a bow rubbing the strings. The bow rubbing the string causes vibration which the instrument emits as sound.
The Arabic rabāb is the earliest known bowed instrument,[1] and the ancestor of all European bowed instruments, including the rebec, lyra and violin.[2]
List of bowed string instruments
Violin family
Niccolò Paganini playing the violin, by Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847)
- Variants on the standard four members of the violin family include:
Viol family (Viola da Gamba family)
Karl Friedrich Abel playing the bass Viola da Gamba, by Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)
- Variants on the standard four members of the viol family include:
Lyra and Rebec Type
Chinese Bowed Instruments
Two performers playing the Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese fiddle.
- Banhu
- Daguangxian
- Dahu
- Dihu
- Diyingehu
- Erhu
- Erxian
- Gaohu
- Gehu
- Huqin
- Jiaohu
- Jinghu
- Jing erhu
- Laruan
- Leiqin
- Matouqin
- Maguhu
- Sanhu
- Sihu
- Tiqin
- Tihu
- Tuhu
- Yehu
- Yazheng
- Xiqin
- Zhonghu
- Zhuihu
- Zhuiqin
- Wenzhenqin
- Zhengni
Rosined wheel instruments
A performer playing the Morin Khuur, the Mongolian Horse Fiddle
The following instruments are sounded by means of a turning wheel that acts as the bow.
Other bowed instruments
- Masenqo
- Violoncello da spalla
- Ravanahatha
- Ajaeng
- Yaylı tanbur
- Kingri string Instrument
- Shichepshin
- Đàn nhị
- Đàn hồ
- Đàn gáo
- Sohaegeum
- Haegeum
- Kokyū
- sorud
- Chuurqin
- Daxophone
- Arpeggione
- Bowed psaltery
- Bowed dulcimer
- Jouhikko
- Talharpa
- Gue
- Vielle
- Giga
- Fiðla
- Tautirut
- Agiarut
- Crwth
- Neola
- Bowed guitar
- Musical saw
- Morin khuur
- Gusle
- Saw duang
- Saw sam sai
- Saw u
- Salo (instrument)
- Tro Khmer
- Tro sau toch
- Tro sau thom
- Tro u
- huqin
- Sarangi
- Sarangi (Nepali)
- Sarinda
- Esraj
- Nyckelharpa (Swedish keyed fiddle)
- Ghaychak
- Gadulka
- Gudok
- Kobyz
- Sorahi
- Byzaanchy
- Igil
- Imzad
See also
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