| These are music instruments that are usually | | | | among others. In the earlier days, the harpsichord |
| struck, plucked or bowed to produce sounds. | | | | also used quills (made from feather) to make |
| They are also known as chordophones. The most | | | | sounds by plucking the strings and this has now |
| popular instruments in the string category include | | | | being advanced with use of plastic plectra. String |
| cello, double bass, banjo, harp, guitar, violin and | | | | instruments such as viola and cello also produce |
| mandolin among others. | | | | sound by bowing. The bow has numerous hairs |
| Over the past centuries, music has been | | | | that cause the string to vibrate when rubbed on |
| incorporated in the day-to-day lives of various | | | | it. The hardingfele, rebec, kokyu, igil, nyckelharpa |
| peoples of the world's traditional music whose | | | | and erhu are also some of the commonly known |
| influences have been brought together by means | | | | string instruments played by bowing. |
| of technological changes. These have brought | | | | A string instrument depending on the shape and |
| along revolutions in the music industry leading to | | | | materials used to make it will produce different |
| development of new and better music modes, | | | | musical sounds. In design of such instrument, |
| instruments playing techniques and audience | | | | attention is mostly paid to specific details. The |
| participation. Different music genres have | | | | length of the instrument will determine the mode |
| emerged with different musical instruments | | | | of play and the sound produced. The length is |
| producing different musical sounds hence leading | | | | measured from the bridge to the nut on plucked |
| to diversity on people's interests and musical | | | | or bowed instruments and it determines the note |
| differences. | | | | difference on the specified instrument. A certain |
| The only way that a string instrument produces | | | | length and tension will only produce a single note |
| sound is by vibration of one or more strings and | | | | also known as monophony therefore, for a string |
| the sound transmitted through the instrument | | | | instrument to produce multiple notes either more |
| body that amplifies the sound for audience to | | | | strings have to be added on the instrument or |
| enjoy. The string instruments are classified based | | | | the string has to be stopped from times to times. |
| on the mode used to vibrate the strings. The | | | | An example of a multiple note producing string |
| three most familiar modes are striking, bowing | | | | instrument is the piano, which has numerous |
| and plucking. Striking involves striking the string | | | | strings for each note. A guitar or violin is the |
| using a hammer, which are mechanically | | | | other type of string instruments that have |
| action-controlled for example with a piano, | | | | stoppable strings, the vibrating strings are stopped |
| hammered dulcimer and a clavichord among | | | | by the player using either the fingers or a |
| others. Violins are string instruments that are | | | | mechanical device such as the hurdy gurdy, which |
| bowed with a technique referred to as col legno. | | | | are placed on the fingerboard that is attached on |
| Plucking is when the use of a plectrum, thumb or | | | | the instruments neck. On the other hand, kotos' |
| finger is employed to play a string instrument | | | | bridges are manually moved by the player within |
| such as the guitar, lute, banjo, sitar and mandolin | | | | the course of music piece play. |