Leather plectrum

Plectrum

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a small piece of plastic, wood, bone, leather, quill, or whatever, used to pluck a string

Shamisen

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a long necked Japanese 3 string fretless lute, plucked with a heavy ivory plectrum, that first became popular in the pleasure…

Viola campaniça

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a Portuguese guitar that has nearly disappeared although, long ago, it was popular throughout the low Alentejo region. Its ch…

Koryaga

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one stringed instrument with a string fixed on a curved branch of a tree. The sound is made by a violin bow or plucked, and t…

Java

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a finger pick made from a coconut shell

Mandolin

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Italian

a lute shaped instrument with four to six pairs of strings, a fretted fingerboard, played with a plectrum

Mandoline

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Italian

a lute shaped instrument with four to six pairs of strings, a fretted fingerboard, played with a plectrum

Articulate

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slight separations made between notes