bowed string instrument

string instrument played by a bow rubbing the strings
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bowed string instrument

Summary

bowed string instrument is a type of musical instrument[1]. It draws 150 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #158 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • bowed string instrument's image is recorded as Viola Profonda comparison.jpg[3].
  • bowed string instrument's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[4].
  • bowed string instrument's audio is recorded as Violin fingered.ogg[5].
  • bowed string instrument's GND ID is recorded as 4058020-9[6].
  • bowed string instrument's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85129122[7].
  • bowed string instrument's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11969524n[8].
  • bowed string instrument's subclass of is recorded as string instrument[9].
  • bowed string instrument's subclass of is recorded as bowed instrument[10].
  • bowed string instrument's subclass of is recorded as friction instrument[11].
  • bowed string instrument's Commons category is recorded as Bowed string instruments[12].
  • bowed string instrument's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1683[13].
  • bowed string instrument's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l14_3[14].
  • bowed string instrument's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph125723[15].
  • bowed string instrument's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bowed string instruments[16].
  • bowed string instrument's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 787[17].
  • bowed string instrument's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1148374[18].
  • bowed string instrument's Iconclass notation is recorded as 48C731[19].
  • bowed string instrument's MusicBrainz instrument ID is recorded as 4c1916f0-4643-45ce-afaf-c9c5dabbb4f7[20].
  • bowed string instrument's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[21].
  • bowed string instrument's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22].
  • bowed string instrument's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000137432[23].
  • bowed string instrument's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/bowed-instrument[24].
  • bowed string instrument's uses is recorded as bow[25].
  • bowed string instrument's YSO ID is recorded as 14229[26].
  • bowed string instrument's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00012483n[27].

Why It Matters

bowed string instrument draws 150 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #158 of 399).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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