Noun
stringed instrument (plural stringed instruments)
(music) Any of very many musical instruments in which taut strings are plucked, bowed or struck in order to produce a sound
I have always felt rather badly for orchestra musicians, especially the stringed instrument player who certainly in his youth expected to be a virtuoso... I admire their patience and ability, and through the years have made the effort to show them my respect and – love in many instances. Pierre Monteux
Musically, I didn't relate to Berlin. There seemed to be a lot of machine music made there - I don't think I saw a stringed instrument in two years. Leslie Feist
Because of this, the euphonium has been called the "king of band instruments", or the " cello of the band", because of its similarity in timbre and ensemble role to the stringed instrument. Source: Internet
Because the range of pluck stringed instrument generally isn't as great as that of comparably-size bowed string instruments, other instruments were often added to these plucked orchestras to extend the range of the ensemble upwards and downwards. Source: Internet
During the Renaissance the gambas were important and elegant instruments; they eventually lost ground to the louder (and originally less aristocratic) lira da braccio family. stringed instrument. Source: Internet
In blues music, the harmonica is often casually referred to as a "blues harp" or "harp", but it is a free reed wind instrument, not a stringed instrument, and is therefore not a true harp. Source: Internet