Esraj

Er hu

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Chinese

a Chinese bowed string instrument similar to a violin but with only two strings

Gottuvadhyam

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instrument played in Southern India with six playing strings which pass over the top of the instrument, three drone strings a…

Liu qin

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treble version of the Chinese lute, had originally 2 or 3 strings and 7 frets, but today may have up to 4 steel strings, and…

Rubab

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Afghan plucked lute. has a short neck with double chambers and three main playing strings made of animal gut or string. also…

Sattar

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a long necked bowed instrument, with one metal playing string and 10 sympathetic strings from Western China

Sitar

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a long necked instrument with a varying number of strings), three to four playing strings, three to four drone strings, with…

Sympathetic strings

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strings, that cannot be bowed or plucked, that resonate by means of their immediate proximity to other strings, that can be b…

Bandora

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a plucked string instrument of the lute family, popular both as a solo and as an accompanying instrument to songs of the sixt…