page_title: Bowed string instrument
section_title: Rosined wheel instruments
hierarchical_section_title: Bowed string instrument / List of bowed string instruments / Rosined wheel instruments
caption_attribution_description: Sambuugiin Pürevjav of Altai Khairkhan (an overtone singing ensemble from Mongolia) playing a morin khuur near Centre Georges Pompidou in 2005. Author&#160;: Eric Pouhier Date&#160;: October 2005
context_page_description: Bowed string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by a bow rubbing the strings. The bow rubbing the string causes vibration which the instrument emits as sound.
  The Arabic rabāb is the earliest known bowed instrument, and the ancestor of all European bowed instruments, including the rebec, lyra and violin.
context_section_description: The following instruments are sounded by means of a turning wheel that acts as the bow.
  Organistrum
  Hurdy-gurdy
  Donskoy ryley
  Dulcigurdy a.k.a. Vielle à roue et à manche
  Drejelire
  Lira
  tekerő
  Ninera
  Kaisatsuko
  Violano Virtuoso
  Wheelharp
  Viola organista
  Harmonichord
  Bowed clavier
caption: A performer playing the Morin Khuur, the Mongolian Horse Fiddle
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