Chordophones
Category of musical instruments in which the generator of sound is a vibrating stretched string. There are five basic types including: A) Harp; B) Lute; C) Lyre; D) Musical Bow; E) Zither.
Sometimes these terms can be combined (such as “bow-harp” or “harp-lute”) or extended (such as “pluri-arch” meaning ‘many bows’). They may also be identified by how they are played: Bowed – Plucked – Struck – Strummed. Chordophones are one of the four main categories in the the original Erick von Hornbostel – Curt Sachs scheme of musical instrument classifications.
