At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points. Plucked, bowed, or struck, each of an instrument’s strings creates ear-catching vibrations.
Y NOT? The tritare, a new type of musical instrument, uses three string segments that form a Y shape (top inset).
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