Template:Short description Template:Redirect 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.<ref>Friedrich Behn, Musikleben im Altertum und frühen page 159</ref>
List of bowed string instrumentsEdit
Violin familyEdit
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Niccolò Paganini playing the violin, by Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847)
- Cello (violoncello)
- Pochette
- Viola (altviol, bratsche)
- Violin (violino)
- Double bass (contrabasso)
- Variants on the standard members of the violin family include
- Baroque violin
- Cello da spalla
- Five string violin
- Hardanger fiddle
- Kit violin
- Kontra
- Låtfiol
- Lira da braccio
- Octobass
- Sardino
- Stroh violin
- Tenor violin
Viol family (Viola da Gamba family)Edit
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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 typeEdit
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An Indonesian music performer playing with his Rebab.
- Byzantine lyra
- Calabrian lira
- Cretan lyra
- Gadulka
- Ghaychak
- Kamancheh
- [[Kemençe of the Black Sea|Kemençe Template:Nobr]]
- Kemenche
- Kemenche (classical)
- Lijerica
- Pochette
- Rabeca
- Rebab
- Rebec
- Shah Kaman
Chinese bowed instrumentsEdit
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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
- Maguhu
- Matouqin
- Sanhu
- Sihu
- Tiqin
- Tihu
- Tuhu
- Wenzhenqin
- Xiqin
- Yazheng
- Yehu
- Zhengni
- Zhonghu
- Zhuiqin
- Zhuihu
Rosined wheel instrumentsEdit
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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: Template:Div col begin
- Bowed clavier
- Donskoy ryley
- Dulcigurdy a.k.a. Template:Nobr
- Drejelire
- Harmonichord
- Hurdy-gurdy
- Kaisatsuko
- Lira
- Ninera
- Organistrum
- Tekerő
- Viola organista
- Violano Virtuoso
- Wheelharp
Other bowed instrumentsEdit
- Agiarut
- Ajaeng
- Arpeggione
- Bowed dulcimer
- Bowed guitar
- Bowed psaltery
- Byzaanchy
- Chuurqin
- Crwth
- Đàn nhị
- Đàn hồ
- Đàn gáo
- Daxophone
- Esraj
- Fiðla
- Gadulka
- Ghaychak
- Giga
- Gudok
- Gue
- Gusle
- Haegeum
- Huqin
- Igil
- Imzad
- Jouhikko
- Kingri
- Kokyū
- Kobyz
- Masenqo
- Morin khuur
- Musical saw
- Neola
- Nyckelharpa Template:Nobr
- Ravanahatha
- Salo
- Sarangi
- Sarangi (Nepali)
- Sarinda
- Saw duang
- Saw sam sai
- Saw u
- Shichepshin
- Sohaegeum
- Sorahi
- Sorud
- Talharpa
- Tautirut
- Tro sau thom
- Tro Khmer
- Tro sau toch
- Tro u
- Umbang
- Vielle
- Violoncello da spalla
- Yaylı tambur