It features violins and other stringed instruments. Horsehair is used for violin and other stringed instrument bows. The string section is a body of instruments composed of various bowed stringed instruments. A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument. The vocal resonator is not a sounding board comparable with stringed instruments. A luthier is someone who makes or repairs stringed instruments. This is a chart of stringed instrument tunings. This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Slapping and popping are ways to produce percussive sounds on a stringed instrument. Europe's oldest surviving piece of a stringed musical instrument. The Quintette was one of the few well-known jazz ensembles composed only of stringed instruments. The third common method of sound production in stringed instruments is to strike the string. A fret is a raised element on the neck of a stringed instrument. The pick gives its holder unnatural abilities with stringed instruments. A composition for four players of stringed instruments may be in any form.