Instruments {string instrument}| can use metal, nylon, or animal sinew strings. Orchestral string instruments are violin, viola or violin cello, viol, bass viol, cello, and double bass or bass. Other string instruments include balalaika, banjo, dulcimer, gamelan, guitar, Aeolian harp, autoharp, lute, lyre, mandolin, sitar, steel guitar, ukelele, and zither.
Drawing a flat horsehair layer {bow, music}, rubbed with rosin, across strings can make sound.
Sounding-board lower-front wood piece {bridge, guitar} raises strings away from instrument body.
Sounding-board lower front has center hole or two f-shaped slits {f-hole}.
String tighteners (peg) pull strings up long, thin part {fingerboard} {neck, instrument}.
Fingerboard can have thin bars {fret} across it.
Plucking strings with a plastic wedge {pick, music} can make sound.
Instruments can have a lower-front wood panel {sounding board, instrument} {sound box}.
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