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Also Known As string instrument

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koto
soundboard
Hardanger fiddle
samisen
oud
ajaeng
bowl lyre
Egyptian statuette with angular harp
Irish harp
Hardanger fiddle
What goes on inside a grand piano?
Watch and hear a person playing the sarod, a stringed instrument of Hindustani music
Watch a man playing a Brazilian musical bow called Berimbau
Watch a woman playing the hammered dulcimer
Playing the rebab, an instrument that elaborates the melody in Javanese gamelan music
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