Bowed_string_instrument Knowpia

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.^[1]

List of bowed string instruments edit

Violin family edit

Niccolò Paganini playing the violin, by Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847)

Cello (violoncello)
Pochette
Viola (altviol, bratsche)
Violin (violino)
Double bass (contrabasso)

Variants on the standard members of the violin family include

Viol family (Viola da Gamba family) edit

Karl Friedrich Abel playing the bass Viola da Gamba, by Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

Alto viol (alto viola da gamba)
Bass viol (bass viola da gamba)
Tenor viol (tenor viola da gamba)
Treble viol (treble viola da gamba)

Variants on the standard four members of the viol family include

Lyra and rebec type edit

An Indonesian music performer playing with his Rebab.

Chinese bowed instruments edit

Two performers playing the Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese fiddle.

Rosined wheel instruments edit

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:

Bowed clavier
Donskoy ryley
Dulcigurdy a.k.a. Vielle à roue et à manche
Drejelire
Harmonichord
Hurdy-gurdy
Kaisatsuko
Lira
Ninera
Organistrum
Tekerő
Viola organista
Violano Virtuoso
Wheelharp

Other bowed instruments edit

References edit

^ Friedrich Behn, Musikleben im Altertum und frühen page 159

[1] Friedrich Behn, Musikleben im Altertum und frühen page 159

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