types:
banjo
a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
clavicordio
an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
dulcémele
a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
guitarra,
sonanta
a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
piano
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
salterio
an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
cítara,
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
cítara
a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
balalaica
a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings
dulcémele
a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
piano de cola
a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
arpa,
harpa
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
clavicémbalo
a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
laúd
chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
mandolina
a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
ukelele
a small guitar having four strings
viola
any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
viola
a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
violín
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