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Balalaika
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Bulbul Tarang (Indian Banjo)
Classic Guitar & Lute Guitar
Cumbus
Dilruba
Dulcimer
Ektar & Dotar
Esraj
Gopichand
Harp
Kanoune
Kemenche
Lavta
Lute
Oud
Psaltery
Rabab
Rebab
Rebec
Santoor
Sarangi
Sarod
Saz
Semsemia
Shahi Baaja
Sitar
Sitars, Left-Handed
Spike Fiddles
Sur Bahar
Tanpura or Tambura
Ukulele
Veena
Instrument Tuners
Wind
Drums
Percussion
REMO World Percussion
Belly Dance
Music Stands
Natural Skin Drum Heads
Casio Digital Keyboards
Ethnic String Sets
Ethnic Recorded Music
Latin Percussion
Toca Percussion
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Props & Decor Items
DOBANI 5.5
SGBD550B DOBANI 5.5" Tibetan Singing Bowl Black Decorated Suzu Gong
banjira Mutka Pro 5.5
TBSPM-550-2S banjira Mutka Pro 5.5" Dayan Nickeled Brass Bayan Tabla Drum Set BLEMISHED
DOBANI 7
KLMBS-2 DOBANI 7" Natural Stripes African Kalimba Thumb Piano 8 Key BLEMISHED
Roosebeck Solid Rosewood Folding Tabletop Wooden Music Stand BLEMISHED
MSTTR-2S Roosebeck Solid Rosewood Folding Tabletop Wooden Music Stand BLEMISHED
banjira 14
TASHCBS14 banjira 14" Indian Tasha Copper Bolt Tuned Kettledrum + Beaters
Mid-East Tapered Rosewood Oud Tuning Pegs 12 Pack
OUDPR Mid-East Tapered Rosewood Oud Tuning Pegs 12 Pack
Roosebeck Solid Rosewood Folding Tabletop Wooden Music Stand
MSTTR Roosebeck Solid Rosewood Folding Tabletop Wooden Music Stand
Bina 2 Drones 2 Stops Traveler Folding Harmonium
23DHM Bina 2 Drones 2 Stops Traveler Folding Harmonium
DOBANI 6
SGBD600S DOBANI 6" Tibetan Singing Bowl Buddha Decorated Suzu Gong
DOBANI 4
SGBD400S DOBANI 4" Tibetan Singing Bowl Buddha Decorated Suzu Gong
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Home>String Instruments
The term string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones.

The most common string instruments in the string family are guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, and harp. Not often immediately recognized as such, a piano is also a string instrument. Plucking is used as the sole method of playing, on instruments such as the banjo, guitar, harp, lute, mandolin, oud, saz, sitar, and either by a finger or thumb, or by some type of plectrum or pick.

Balalaika
Balalaika
The Newly Designed Classic Balalaika
Banjo Heads
Banjo Heads
Replacement Banjo Heads By REMO®. Choose from various sizes in REMO® Fiberskyn® & REMO® Renaissance Diplomat®.
Berimbau
Berimbau
The Berimbau or Brazilian Musical Bow, has long been used in a variety of music forms.
Biblical Instruments
Biblical Instruments
Make a joyous noise with King David's Kinnor harp & Nevel harp.
Bouzouki
Bouzouki
8 String Rosewood Bouzouki. The classic Greek instrument.
Bulbul Tarang (Indian Banjo)
Bulbul Tarang (Indian Banjo)
Bulbul Tarang or Indian Banjo has main strings are plucked while depressing keys to change the notes; the sympathetic strings resonate.
Classic Guitar & Lute Guitar
Classic Guitar & Lute Guitar
Handcrafted Baroque, Renaissance, Romantic and Vihuela guitars inspired by the great masters like Antonio de Torres Jurado. Also modern 6 string acoustic Lute Guitars.
Cumbus
Cumbus
Pronounced (joom-bush), The Cumbus is Turkish for revelry, just the mood these instruments inspire. Choose from several styles and sizes.
Dilruba
Dilruba
The dilruba is a bowed instrument with steel strings, used in classical Indian music.
Dulcimer
Dulcimer
Several styles and sized of American, Mountain, European and Banjo style Dulcimers.
Ektar & Dotar
Ektar & Dotar
Several styles and sized of one-string (Ektar) and two-strings (Dotar).
Esraj
Esraj
The Esraj is played with a bow like a small bass fiddle. It is a young instrument by Indian terms, being only about 200 years old. The esraj is found primarily in Bengal and Bangladesh.
Gopichand
Gopichand
The Indian Gopichand is a single string stretched between a split bamboo neck. Pressing neck halves together creates unusual sounds.
Harp
Harp
Choose from a selection of Handcrafted Harps with 8 to 38 strings. Styles include Celtic to Contemporary and every style in between. No pedal pushers.
Kanoune
Kanoune
This predecessor of the piano, the Kanoune or Qanún is mentioned in 10th century Arabic writings.
Kemenche
Kemenche
The Kemenche is a bowed spike fiddle native to the southern shore of the Eastern Black Sea. It has been called the Black Sea Fiddle, the Pontic Lyra or the Karadeziz Kemencesi.
Lavta
Lavta
The Lavta is a plucked Turkish string instrument much like an oud.
Lute
Lute
Roosebeck Fine Instruments include classic 7 & 8 course lutes, flat back styles and a selection of fine lutes designed by Master Luthier Zachary Taylor.
Oud
Oud
Ouds in a variety of styles including Classic Pear Shaped, Flat Back, Mosaic to Frame, Acoustic & Electric; all the ouds you ever wanted.
Psaltery
Psaltery
The psaltery dates to the 3rd century BC. Played with a Bow, it has a very sweet sound.
Rabab
Rabab
The term Rabab is found in ninth and tenth century texts, and is the oldest known Arabic word for a bowed instrument. It is Capable of a range of dynamic accents.
Rebab
Rebab
The Rebab is an instrument from the lute family, played mostly in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A beautiful instrument regarded as the predecessor of the Indian Sarod.
Rebec
Rebec
The origin of the Rebec can be traced to the middle east around the middle to the end of the ninth century AD. It is played similarly to the violin played on the arm.
Santoor
Santoor
The Indian Santoor comes in multiple styles. Played by striking hand held hammers on the strings providing an exotic sound.
Sarangi
Sarangi
The sarangi is the most popular bowed instrument of India. Its history is quite old. When played by a master it is capable of closely imitating the nuances of the human voice.
Sarod
Sarod
The sarod may have evolved from the central Asian rabab or may be derived from a variety of ancient lutes depicted in the Buddhist frescoes in the Ajanta caves in India and in sculptures carved in the 1st century ad for a Buddhist shrine at Amaravati, India.
Saz
Saz
The Saz is a member of the long necked Lute family. Its ancestry traces back to Babylon and Sumeria; where it was believed to have had mystical powers strong enough to protect a warrior if carried into battle.
Semsemia
Semsemia
Egyptian harp with decorative inlay. It has steel strings and a movable bridge.
Shahi Baaja
Shahi Baaja
Professional Paloma brand electric shahi baaja with integral 10 string swarmandal.
Sitar
Sitar
The sitar likely developed from the Persian Lute, during the 18th century. Our high quality handcrafted sitars include student models and professional Brand Name models.
Sitars, Left-Handed
Sitars, Left-Handed
Handcrafted Sitars designed to be played left handed! Includes a high quality selection from Student to professional Brand Name models.
Spike Fiddles
Spike Fiddles
Spike fiddles, are in lute family. Such fiddles date back, at least, to the 8th century in Arabia and Persia.
Sur Bahar
Sur Bahar
The Sur Bahar is also known as the bass Sitar. Choose from a selection of Handcrafted Left handed, Miniatures and Brand Name models.
Tanpura or Tambura
Tanpura or Tambura
The tanpura (tambura) provides the drone accompaniment in Hindustani music. Models include 4 and 6 string, flat back, box, 3/4 size , miniature and Swarsangam.
Ukulele
Ukulele
The ukulele (pronounced YOO-koo-LAY-lee, from Hawaiian; spelled ukulele in the UK), sometimes abbreviated as the uke, is a chordophone classified as a plucked lute; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings.
Veena
Veena
The Veena (vina) has several styles. Some are fretless and played like a zither, some have frets.
Instrument Tuners
Instrument Tuners
Your ethnic musical instrument sounds best when it's in tune. Choose from a selection of chromatic tuners, clip-on tuners, instrument tuners with metronomes and more.
  




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