Accompanying drone instrument from India, a large lute with 4-6 strings; five-string Egyptian lyre, long-necked fretted lute from Bulgaria, Croatia and other European countries
Tambura
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Tanpura
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a drone instrument, it resembles a sitar except it has no frets. It has four strings tuned to the tonic
Theorbo
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a large member of the lute family, in use from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, with an extended neck and two sets of s…
Timple
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a small guitar with 12 metal strings used in Spain, Colombia, Puerto Rico and other Spanish speaking countries
Tiple
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a small stringed instrument of Spanish origin, derived from the guitar family, It usually has four double or triple sets of s…
Sympathetic strings
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strings, that cannot be bowed or plucked, that resonate by means of their immediate proximity to other strings, that can be b…
Tranh
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Tres
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a Cuban guitar like instrument with three pairs of strings (occasionally, three sets of three strings). strummed to accompany…
Tuning peg
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a peg, usually of wood, or a pin, usually of steel, around which a string runs, and which, when turned, increases or decrease…