Bowed string instrument

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Template:Musical instruments sidebar 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.

Despite the numerous specialist studies devoted to the origin of bowing, the origin of bowing remains unknown.[1]

List of bowed string instruments

Violin family

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Variants on the standard members of the violin family include

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Viol family (Viola da Gamba family)

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Variants on the standard four members of the viol family include

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Lyra and rebec type

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An Indonesian music performer playing with his Rebab.

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Chinese bowed instruments

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Two performers playing the Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese fiddle.

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Rosined wheel instruments

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A performer playing the Morin Khuur, the Mongolian Horse Fiddle

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Other bowed instruments

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See also

References

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  1. ↑ Friedrich Behn, Musikleben im Altertum und frühen page 159
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