Meaning | stringed instruments that are played with a bow. |
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Synonym | string |
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Parts | fingerboard | A narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers |
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Narrower | bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass | largest and lowest member of the violin family |
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cello, violoncello | A large stringed instrument |
viol | Any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family |
viola | A bowed stringed instrument slightly larger / larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower |
violin, fiddle | bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family |
Broader | stringed instrument | A musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound |
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Catalan | instrument de corda amb arc |
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