bowed stringed instrument

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bowed stringed instrument - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

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bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass, bass fiddle, bass viol - largest and lowest member of the violin family

cello, violoncello - a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing

fingerboard - a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers

stringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound

viol - any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family

viola - a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower

fiddle, violin - bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

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Which is the lowest pitched bowed stringed instrument? 3.

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We pull our shawls closer, lean against the cushions and are held spellbound by the powerful vocals of the Bhopa- Bhopi ( a couple who sing in praise of folk deities to the harmonious music of the ravanhattha , a bowed stringed instrument) and serenading tunes of Nawab Khan's santoor.