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String instrument played by a bow rubbing the strings
"Bowed" redirects here. For the social gesture, see
Bowing . For the playing technique, see
Bowing (music) .
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.
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List of bowed string instruments
Violin family
Niccolò Paganini playing the violin, by
Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847)
Variants on the standard 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
An Indonesian music performer playing with his
Rebab .
Chinese bowed instruments
Two performers playing the
Erhu , sometimes known as the Chinese fiddle.
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
See also
References
^ Friedrich Behn, Musikleben im Altertum und frühen page 159