弓きゅう奏そう楽がっ器き

noun

bowed stringed instrument

Technical term used in musicology and instrument classification. Refers to instruments played with a bow, such as the violin, cello, and erhu. Compare with 擦弦楽器 (さつげんがっき), a near-synonym.

See also: 擦弦楽器

• バイオリンは代だい表ひょう的てきな弓きゅう奏そう楽がっ器きです。

  The violin is a representative bowed stringed instrument.

• この分ぶん類るいでは、弓きゅう奏そう楽がっ器きと撥はつ弦げん楽がっ器きを区く別べつします。

  In this classification, bowed stringed instruments are distinguished from plucked stringed instruments.