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  1. String instrument - Wikipedia

    In musical instrument classification, string instruments, or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer strums, plucks, strikes or sounds …

  2. Chordophone | musical instrument | Britannica

    Chordophone, any of a class of musical instruments in which a stretched, vibrating string produces the initial sound. The five basic types are bows, harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers. The …

  3. What Exactly Is A Chordophone? (With Examples) - Producer Hive

    Jun 12, 2022 · You may not call your instrument that, but the term ‘chordophone’ is a class of stringed instruments in which sound is produced from vibrating strings that are stretched …

  4. Chordophone - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    A chordophone is any musical instrument which produces sound commonly by vibrating a string or strings stretched between two points. What most westerners would call string instruments …

  5. List of chordophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number - Wikipedia

    The Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification defines chordophones as all instruments in which sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are …

  6. Chordophone | Definition, Types of Instruments & Examples

    Nov 21, 2023 · Discover what a chordophone instrument is. Explore examples of chordophone instruments and understand how they are different from idiophones and electrophones. …

  7. Chordophones - Definition and Chordophone Instruments List

    Chordophones include all stringed instruments, not just instruments you can play chords on. They include guitars, banjos, and other lute-type instruments, harps, pianos, and zithers. A guitar is …

  8. Stringed instrument - Development, Tuning, Strings | Britannica

    May 2, 2025 · The best known and most pervasive example is the electric guitar, which, strictly speaking, is a chordophone but is often classified as an electrophone.

  9. CHORDOPHONE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of CHORDOPHONE is any of a class of musical instruments (such as a guitar or piano) whose sound is generated by plucking, bowing, or striking stretched strings : stringed …

  10. What is a Chordophone? - Mixing A Band

    Jan 3, 2024 · A chordophone is a musical instrument that produces sound by vibrating strings stretched between two points. This category of instruments encompasses a wide variety of …

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