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The mouth bow is the simplest stringed instrument, named so because it indeed takes the form of a small bow upon which a string made of fibre or reed is stretched.... To play it, one end of the string is held between the musician's lips, while it is plucked by the musician or struck with a thin twig. In this way the mouth works as a sound box. By expanding or contracting the oral cavity and by slightly opening the lips, harmonics can be created. Using another stick the player can damp the string, thus shortening it and producing a higher tone. In this way two fundamentals can be produced.  2, record 1, English, - mouth%20bow

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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L'arc en bouche (la bouche du joueur sert de caisse de résonance) [...]  2, record 1, French, - arc%20en%20bouche

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The ground harp, which exists exclusively in a small central section of Africa, recalls the springing snares of certain African hunters. A pit is covered with bark. Beside the pit a tall flexible rod is stuck into the earth and pulled way over by a string fastened from its end to the bark lid of the pit. The instrument is either struck or plucked, sometimes by several persons simultaneously.  4, record 2, English, - ground%20harp

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Arc musical tenu vertical et posé sur une fosse creusée en terre et couverte d'écorce.  2, record 2, French, - arc%2Den%2Dterre

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Struck-string instruments are excited by striking the string with a hammer. Examples of struck-string musical instruments are the piano, dulcimer, and clavichord. The modern example of a struck-string instrument is the piano.  2, record 3, English, - struck%20string%20instrument

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On distingue les instruments à cordes frappées; à cordes pincées; et à cordes frottées. [Première] catégorie : L'instrument le plus important de cette catégorie est le piano. [...] On sait que les cordes sont frappées par un marteau garni de feutre, qu'elles s'appuient sur des chevalets au moyen desquels elles transmettent leur vibration à une table d'harmonie, laquelle entraîne à son tour par son ébranlement la masse d'air adhérente à sa surface.  2, record 3, French, - instrument%20%C3%A0%20cordes%20frapp%C3%A9es

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Los aficionados a la música de fines del siglo XVIII pueden discutir sobre las excelencias de tres cordófonos de teclado que tuvieron gran difusión en la época [el piano, el clavicordio y el clavicémbalo].  1, record 3, Spanish, - cord%C3%B3fono%20de%20teclado