Home › Entities › type_of_musical_instrument › bowed string instrument

bowed string instrument

string instrument played by a bow rubbing the strings
Thing type_of_musical_instrument Q192096
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

bowed string instrument

Summary

bowed string instrument is a type of musical instrument[1]. It draws 561 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #158 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • bowed string instrument's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • bowed string instrument is a type of string instrument[4].
  • bowed string instrument is a type of bowed instrument[5].
  • bowed string instrument is a type of friction instrument[6].
  • bowed string instrument's Commons category is recorded as Bowed string instruments[7].
  • bowed string instrument's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bowed string instruments[8].
  • bowed string instrument's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[9].
  • bowed string instrument's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • bowed string instrument's uses is recorded as bow[11].

Body

Definition and Type

bowed string instrument's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. Recorded subclass of include string instrument[4], bowed instrument[5], and friction instrument[6].

Why It Matters

bowed string instrument draws 561 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.[12] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). bowed string instrument. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bowed-string-instrument
MLA “bowed string instrument.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/bowed-string-instrument.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bowed-string-instrument_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{bowed string instrument}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bowed-string-instrument}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): bowed string instrument — https://4ort.xyz/entity/bowed-string-instrument (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/bowed-string-instrument · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q320007
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q320007, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.