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banjo
a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
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bowed stringed instrument, string
stringed instruments that are played with a bow
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chordophone
a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
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clavichord
an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
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Klavier, clavier
a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
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dulcimer
a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
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guitar
a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
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koto
Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers
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forte-piano, piano, pianoforte
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
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psaltery
an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
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samisen, shamisen
a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum
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sitar
a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
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cither, zither, zithern
a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
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acoustic guitar
sound is not amplified by electrical means
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balalaika
a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings
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bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass
largest and lowest member of the violin family
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bass guitar
the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch
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cello, violoncello
a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
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cither, cithern, citole, cittern, gittern
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
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dulcimer
a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
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electric guitar
a guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means
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grand, grand piano
a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
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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
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cembalo, harpsichord
a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
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Hawaiian guitar, steel guitar
guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect
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lute
chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
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mandolin
a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
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Pianola, mechanical piano, player piano
a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
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uke, ukulele
a small guitar having four strings
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upright, upright piano
a piano with a vertical sounding board
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viol
any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
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viola
a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
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fiddle, violin
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow