Engineering:Bowed string instrument

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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.

The Arabic rabāb is the earliest known bowed instrument,[1] and the ancestor of all European bowed instruments, including the rebec, lyra and violin.[2]

List of bowed string instruments

Violin family

Niccolò Paganini playing the violin, by Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847)
Variants on the standard four members of the violin family include:


Viol family (Viola da Gamba family)

Karl Friedrich Abel playing the bass Viola da Gamba, by Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)
Variants on the standard four members of the viol family include:


Lyra and Rebec Type


Chinese Bowed Instruments

Two performers playing the Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese fiddle.
  • Banhu
  • Daguangxian
  • Dahu
  • Dihu
  • Diyingehu
  • Erhu
  • Erxian
  • Gaohu
  • Gehu
  • Huqin
  • Jiaohu
  • Jinghu
  • Jing erhu
  • Laruan
  • Leiqin
  • Matouqin
  • Maguhu
  • Sanhu
  • Sihu
  • Tiqin
  • Tihu
  • Tuhu
  • Yehu
  • Yazheng
  • Xiqin
  • Zhonghu
  • Zhuihu
  • Zhuiqin
  • Wenzhenqin
  • Zhengni


Rosined wheel instruments

A performer playing the Morin Khuur, the Mongolian Horse Fiddle

The following instruments are sounded by means of a turning wheel that acts as the bow.



Other bowed instruments

  • Masenqo
  • Violoncello da spalla
  • Ravanahatha
  • Ajaeng
  • Yaylı tanbur
  • Kingri string Instrument
  • Shichepshin
  • Đàn nhị
  • Đàn hồ
  • Đàn gáo
  • Sohaegeum
  • Haegeum
  • Kokyū
  • sorud
  • Chuurqin
  • Daxophone
  • Arpeggione
  • Bowed psaltery
  • Bowed dulcimer
  • Jouhikko
  • Talharpa
  • Gue
  • Vielle
  • Giga
  • Fiðla
  • Tautirut
  • Agiarut
  • Crwth
  • Neola
  • Bowed guitar
  • Musical saw
  • Morin khuur
  • Gusle
  • Saw duang
  • Saw sam sai
  • Saw u
  • Salo (instrument)
  • Tro Khmer
  • Tro sau toch
  • Tro sau thom
  • Tro u
  • huqin
  • Sarangi
  • Sarangi (Nepali)
  • Sarinda
  • Esraj
  • Nyckelharpa (Swedish keyed fiddle)
  • Ghaychak
  • Gadulka
  • Gudok
  • Kobyz
  • Sorahi
  • Byzaanchy
  • Igil
  • Imzad


See also

  • Bow stroke

References