Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

Definition

  • One or more strings are stretched between fixed points. The string bearer and the resonator are organically united and cannot be separated without destroying the instrument. The plane of the strings lies at right angles to the sound-table; a line joining the lower ends of the strings would point towards the neck. (en)

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Notation

  • 322

URI

http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/5660

Download this concept: