Bowed string instrument

Violin family • Cello (violoncello) • Pochette • Viola (altviol, bratsche) • Violin (violino) • Double bass (contrabasso) ;Variants on the standard members of the violin family include: • Baroque violin • Cello da spalla • Five string violin • Hardanger fiddle • Kit violin • Kontra • Låtfiol • Lira da braccio • Octobass • Sardino • Stroh violin • Tenor violin {{Gallery |Niccolò Paganini playing the violin, by Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847) Viol family (Viola da Gamba family) • Alto viol • Bass viol • Tenor viol • Treble viol ;Variants on the standard four members of the viol family include • Baryton • Division viol • Lirone • Lyra viol • Pardessus de viol • Vihuela de arco • Violone • Viola d'amore {{Gallery|title=Instruments of Viol family Lyra and rebec type . • Byzantine lyra • Calabrian lira • Cretan lyra • Gadulka • Ghaychak • Kamancheh • Kemençe • Kemenche • Kemenche (classical) • Lijerica • Pochette • Rabeca • Rebab • Rebec • Shah Kaman Chinese bowed instruments , sometimes known as the Chinese fiddle. • Banhu • Daguangxian • Dahu • Dihu • Diyingehu • Erhu • Erxian • Gaohu • Gehu • Huqin • Jiaohu • Jinghu • Jing erhu • Laruan • Leiqin • Maguhu • Matouqin • Sanhu • Sihu • Tiqin • Tihu • Tuhu • Wenzhenqin • Xiqin • Yazheng • Yehu • Zhengni • Zhonghu • Zhuiqin • Zhuihu Rosined wheel instruments , the Mongolian Horse Fiddle The following instruments are sounded by means of a turning wheel that acts as the bow: • Bowed clavier • Donskoy ryley • Dulcigurdy a.k.a. • Drejelire • Harmonichord • Hurdy-gurdy • Kaisatsuko • Lira • Ninera • Organistrum • Tekerő • Viola organista • Violano Virtuoso • Wheelharp Other bowed instruments • Agiarut • Ajaeng • Arpeggione • Bowed dulcimer • Bowed guitar • Bowed psaltery • Byzaanchy • Chuurqin • Crwth • Đàn nhị • Đàn hồ • Đàn gáo • Daxophone • Esraj • Fiðla • Gadulka • Ghaychak • Giga • Gudok • Gue • Gusle • Haegeum • Huqin • Igil • Imzad • Jouhikko • Kingri • Kokyū • Kobyz • Masenqo • Morin khuur • Musical saw • Neola • Nyckelharpa • Ravanahatha • Salo • Sarangi • Sarangi (Nepali) • Sarinda • Saw duang • Saw sam sai • Saw u • Shichepshin • Sohaegeum • Sorahi • Sorud • Talharpa • Tautirut • Tro sau thom • Tro Khmer • Tro sau toch • Tro u • Umbang • Vielle • Violoncello da spalla • Yaylı tambur ==See also==