Perhaps you’ve not heard, but other instruments besides guitars, banjos and mandolins produce sound through the vibration of strings. Below you’ll find 12—see if you can match them (by drawing a line), and figure out how to play air zither.To determine the identities of these mystery instruments, click the links on each of them below. Balalaika—Originating in Russia, this was first written about in the 18 th century. Bouzouki—Lute-like; Greek Cembalo—Italian; popular in the Renaissance Erhu—The Chinese violin Hurdy gurdy—The wheel fiddle; popular in European folk music Kamancheh—Persian in origin; used widely in Middle Eastern classical music Kora—Twenty-one-stringed West African harp-lute Lyre—Common in antiquity; rock band named after it Oud—Fretless lute predecessor Rababa—Gained popularity on medieval Islamic trade routes: sometimes called the spike fiddle Sarod—Commonly played in Northern Indian classical music Zither—Ancient; common in Hungary, Slovenia, Austria and China
Quiz: Stringed Instrument Match Up
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Click on this image, print it out, and draw lines using a real pencil!
