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- Instrument.names
- Wheel fiddle, wheel vielle, vielle à roue, zanfona, draailier, ghironda
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- Instrument.classification
- String instrument (bowed)
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 321.322-72
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Composite chordophone sounded by rosined wheel
- Instrument.related
- Drejelire Nyckelharpa Bowed clavier Vielle organisée/Lira organizzata Viola organista
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- Notable hurdy gurdy players
- Regional types
- Electric and electronic versions
- Musicians
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The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by means of a hand-cranked rosined wheel which rubs against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin (or nyckelharpa) bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin. Melodies are played on a keyboard that presses tangents—small wedges, typically made of wood or metal—against one or more of the strings to change their pitch. Like most other acoustic stringed instruments, it has a sound board and hollow cavity to make the vibration of the strings audible.
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