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Chordophones: Musical Bows

By: James K. Makubuya
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music

The term musical bows refers to a subset of musical instruments classified as chordophones, whose primary sound is a result of the vibration of their strings. What differentiates musical bows from other chordophones is how they are structured and assembled. For a chordophone to fit in the ...

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  Makubuya, J. (2019). Chordophones: musical bows. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 544-545). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n163
  
  Makubuya, James K. "Chordophones: Musical Bows." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Sturman, Janet, 544-45. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n163.
  
  Makubuya, J. 2019. Chordophones: Musical Bows. In: Janet Sturman Editor, 2019. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 544-545 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n163> [Accessed 10 May 2021].
  
  Makubuya, James K. "Chordophones: Musical Bows." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Edited by Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 544-45. SAGE Knowledge. 10 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n163.
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