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Bowed string instrument
String instrument played by a bow rubbing the strings
String instrument played by a bow rubbing the strings
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.
List of bowed string instruments
Violin family
- 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
|File:Kersting - Der Geiger Nicolo Paganini.jpg |Niccolò Paganini playing the violin, by Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847) |File:Josephine van Lier plays violoncello piccolo.jpg|Josephine van Lier plays a violoncello piccolo, a five-string variant of the Baroque cello, during a recording session of Bach's 6th Cello Suite.}}
Viol family (Viola da Gamba family)
- Alto viol
- Bass viol
- Tenor viol
- Treble viol
;Variants on the standard four members of the viol family include
- Baryton
- Division viol
- Lirone
- Lyra viol
- Pardessus de viol
- Vihuela de arco
- Violone
- Viola d'amore |File:Karl Friedrich Abel by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg |Karl Friedrich Abel playing the bass Viola da Gamba, by Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) |File:Hans Benning of Benning Violins creating a Baryton.jpg|Violinmaker Hans Benning of Benning Violins creating a Baryton in Los Angeles, 1963.}}
Lyra and rebec type
- Byzantine lyra
- Calabrian lira
- Cretan lyra
- Gadulka
- Ghaychak
- Kamancheh
- Kemençe
- Kemenche
- Kemenche (classical)
- Lijerica
- Pochette
- Rabeca
- Rebab
- Rebec
- Shah Kaman
Chinese bowed instruments
- 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 instruments
The following instruments are sounded by means of a turning wheel that acts as the bow:
- Bowed clavier
- Donskoy ryley
- Dulcigurdy a.k.a.
- Drejelire
- Harmonichord
- Hurdy-gurdy
- Kaisatsuko
- Lira
- Ninera
- Organistrum
- Tekerő
- Viola organista
- Violano Virtuoso
- Wheelharp
Other bowed instruments
- 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
- 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
References
References
- Friedrich Behn, Musikleben im Altertum und frühen page 159
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