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Musical Instrument Strings

Latin Strings Mexico & South America	Middle Eastern Strings Turkey & Middle East	India Strings Sitar & Other Instruments

Greek Strings Bouzouki	Portugal Strings Guitrra, Viola & Cavachino	Russia Strings Balaiaka & Domra

Dulcimer Strings Dulcimer	Mandolin Family Strings Mandolin, Mandola & Mandocello	Banjo Strings 5 String & Tenor
Guitar Strings Guitar	Lute Strings Lute & Guitar Lutes	Zither Strings Zither & Guitar Zither
Autoharp Strings Autoharp & Chromaharp	Ukulele Strings All Sizes	Viola Da Gamba Strings All Sizes
Violin Family Strings Violin, Viola & Cello	Bass Strings Acoustic Bass	Bass Guitar Strings Different Models
Irish Strings Octave Mandolin, Bouzouki & Cittern	Asia Strings Japan & China	Early Music Strings Different Models
Harp Strings Different Models

About Musical Instrument Strings

String instruments are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones. Some common instruments in the string family are guitar, sitar, rabab, electric bass, violin, viola, cello, double bass, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki, and harp.

All string instruments produce sound from one or more vibrating strings, transferred to the air by the body of the instrument (or by a pickup in the case of electronically amplified instruments). They are usually categorized by the technique used to make the strings vibrate (or by the primary technique, in the case of instruments where more than one may apply.) The three most common techniques are plucking, bowing and striking.