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chordophone

One of the four main groups of musical instrument used in the original Sachs-Hornbostel system, the others being idiophone, aerophone, and membranophone. A chordophone describes any musical instrument whose sound is produced by vibrating stretched strings by plucking, bowing, or striking. This group includes harps, violins, pianos, guitars, and lutes.
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A third category, chordophones, includes instruments whose sound is made by plucking or bowing strings stretched over or into a sounding board or box.
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