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chordophone

DEFINITIONS OF: chordophone

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n a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers

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balalaika
a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings
harp
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
lute
chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
mandolin
a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
aeolian harp, aeolian lyre, wind harp
a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them
lyre
a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment
mandola
an early type of mandolin
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stringed instrument
a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
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