Bowed box zithers

Nyckelharpa (, roughly "keyed fiddle" in Swedish, , plural: ) is a "keyed" bowed chordophone, primarily originating from Sweden in its modern form, but with its historical roots scattered across medieval Europe. It is similar in appearance to a fiddle or violin but larger (in its earlier forms essentially a modified vielle), which employs key-actuated tangents along the neck to change the pitch during play, much like a hurdy-gurdy. The keys slide under the strings, with the tangents set perpendicularly to the keys, reaching above the strings. Upon key-actuation, the tangent is pressed to meet

thumb|Psalmodicon from a farm on the island Skorpa, Nordland|Skorpa in [[Helgeland, Norway, with bow and music book in siffernotskrift]] thumb|Psalmodikon from Gagnef, Dalarna, Sweden, made in 1869, originally with three strings thumb|Psalmodikon, played at the School Museum in Djurmo, Dalarna, Sweden The psalmodicon (psalmodikon or salmodikon) is a stringed musical instrument a type of Monochord; the most common variants have a single string. It was developed in Scandinavia for simplifying music in churches and schools, and as an alternative to the fiddle for sacred music. The instrument coul

The langspil (; meaning long-play) is a traditional Icelandic drone zither. It has a single melody string and usually 2 drone strings.

thumb|"Eskimo violin" from Hudson bay area. The tautirut (Inuktitut syllabics: or tautiruut, also known as the Eskimo fiddle) is a bowed zither native to the Inuit culture of Canada.

string instrument

type of psaltery or zither played with a bow