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Bowed string instrument

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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.Friedrich Behn, Musikleben im Altertum und frühen page 159

List of bowed string instruments

=Violin family=

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;Variants on the standard members of the violin family include:

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=Viol family (Viola da Gamba family)=

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;Variants on the standard four members of the viol family include:

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=Lyra and rebec type=

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=Chinese bowed instruments=

Image:Ehru played by blind man.jpg, sometimes known as the Chinese fiddle.]]

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=Rosined wheel instruments=

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The following instruments are sounded by means of a turning wheel that acts as the bow:

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=Other bowed instruments=

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See also

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