| Name | Image | Description | Video |
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| Jouhikko |  | The jouhikko is an ancient, usually three-stringed Finnish bowed lyre, also called jouhikannel. Its strings are traditionally of horsehair. The strings are stopped traditionally by pressing against them with the back of the fingers (the knuckles), as there is no fingerboard to press the strings against, though some players use the nails or the front of the fingers. To touch the melody string the hand is inserted through a hole in the flat wooden board that makes up the top third of the instrument. | |
| Kantele |  | A kantele (or kannel) is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family. It is related to the Russian gusli, the Latvian kokle and the Lithuanian kanklės. Together these instruments make up the family known as Baltic Psalteries. The oldest forms of kantele have 5 or 6 horsehair strings and a body made from one piece of wood. The modern ones have metal strings and often a body made from several pieces. Modern concert kanteles can have up to 40 strings. | |
| Violin |  | The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello. A violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, regardless of the type of music played on it. |
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