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  1. In musical instrument classification, string instruments or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner.

  2. 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 are classified as chordophones (for example, violins , guitars and harps ).

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  4. Feb 27, 2024 · 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 name chordophone replaces the term stringed instrument when a precise, acoustically based designation is.

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  5. List of chordophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number. 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 stretched between fixed points.

  6. Nov 21, 2023 · Author Shawn Custer View bio. Instructor Charis Duke View bio. Discover what a chordophone instrument is. Explore examples of chordophone instruments and understand how they are different from...

  7. Bryce Lindgren. 9 seconds on read. comments. Table of Contents. Generic term used for stringed instruments. Technically it refers to an instrument that is sounded by bowing , plucking, or striking a string that is stretched between two fixed points. Video on the subject: chordophone. Previous term. chordal declamation. next term. chorus.

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