Hornbostel–Sachs system of musical instrument classification
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Chordophones
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Instruments whose sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings
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311.111
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Single-stringed idiochord musical bows
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311.112
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Idiochord musical bows with more than one string
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311.121.11
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Single-stringed heterochord musical bows with no resonator or tuning noose
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311.121.12
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Single-stringed heterochord musical bows with a tuning noose and no resonator
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311.121.221
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Single-stringed heterochord musical bows with an independent resonator
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311.121.221
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Single-stringed heterochord musical bows with an attached resonator and no tuning noose
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311.121.222
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Single-stringed heterochord musical bows with an attached resonator and a tuning noose
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311.122.1
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Multiple-stringed heterochord musical bows with no tuning noose
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311.122.2
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Heterochord musical bows with multiple strings and a tuning noose
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311.21
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Stick zither with one curved and flexible end
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311.221
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True stick zither with one resonator gourd
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311.222
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True stick zither with more than one resonator gourd
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312.11
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Idiochord tube zither
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312.121
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Heterochord tube zither with no extra resonator
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312.122
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Heterochord tube zither with an extra resonator
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312.21
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Idiochord half-tube zither
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312.22
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Heterochord half-tube zither
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313.1
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Idiochord raft zither
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313.2
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Heterochord raft zither
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314.11
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Board zither without a resonator
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314.121
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Board zither with a bowl-shaped resonator
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314.122
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Board zither with a resonator made from slats (board zither)
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314.21
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Single-stringed ground zither
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314.22
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Harp zither, made of a board at right angles to the strings
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315.1
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Trough zither without a resonator
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315.2
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Trough zither with a resonator
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316.1
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Frame zither without a resonator
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316.2
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Frame zither with a resonator
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321.1
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Lute with a flexible carrier for each string (bow lute)
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321.21
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Lyre with a bowl-shaped resonator
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321.22
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Lyre with a box-shaped resonator
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321.311
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Spike lute with a bowl-shaped resonator
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321.312
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Spike lute with a box-shaped resonator
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321.313
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Spike lute with a handle passing through a tube
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321.321
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Necked lute with a bowl-shaped resonator
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321.322
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Necked lute with a box-shaped resonator
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321.33
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Tanged lute with a handle ending within the resonator
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322.11
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Harp with a neck curving away from the resonator and no pillar (arched harp)
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322.12
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Harp with a neck sharply angled away from the resonator (angular harp)
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322.211
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Diatonic frame harp
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322.212.1
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Chromatic frame harp with strings in one plane
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322.212.2
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Chromatic frame harp with strings in two intersecting planes
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322.221
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Frame harp tuned with hand levers
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322.222
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Frame harp tuned with pedal-operated levers
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323
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Harp lute, with strings at right angles to the soundtable and a notched bridge
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Parts
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Bass bar - Bow - Bridge - Chinrest - Fingerboard - Fret - Headstock - Machine head - Mezrab - Neck - nut - Pegbox - Plectrum - Purfling - Sound box - Sound hole - Sound post - Sounding board - Strings - Tailpiece - Tuning peg
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Informal categories
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Banjos - Cellos - Double basses - Guitars - Harps - Huqin - Hurdy-gurdies - Lutes - Lyres - Mandolins - Monochords - Musical bows - Violin family - Viol - Zithers
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Other topics
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Experimental - Plucking - scale - Repertoire - String vibration - Sympathetic string - Tuning
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