It is a chordophone played by bowing. It is a guitar-like chordophone with 5 strings. It is a string instrument or chordophone. The award is named after the kora, a West African plucked chordophone. A piwancha is a Nepali chordophone with two strings and a drum at one end. When a chordophone is played, the strings vibrate and interact with each other. A tiple (literally treble or soprano) is a plucked-string chordophone of the guitar family. The tres (Spanish for "three") is a three-course chordophone of Cuban origin. This one-stringed plucked chordophone was developed by Christian Santal as a substitute for the Tamak'. A tiple (, literally treble or soprano), is a plucked-string chordophone of the guitar family. The Chinlili, also known as the Chinlilo, is a chordophone from Ayacucho, Peru. A chordophone, the krar is usually decorated with wood, cloth and beads.