Plucked string instrument

Plucked string instruments are instruments that are plucked either by fingerpicking or a pick. Examples of this are guitars, ukuleles, lutes, bass guitars, mandolins and banjos.

The guitar, a common plucked string instrument

Plucked String Instrument Media

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  guitarandlute

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  This illustration in a French Psalter from the 9th century (c. 830) shows an unspecified plucked string instrument.

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  Stringed instruments hanging on a wall. Shown here are 4 Ukuleles, 2 mandolins, a banjo, a guitar, a violin, a Guraitar and a bass guitar.

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  Qanún/kanun, origin from ancient Mesopotamia

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