| acoustic guitar | aeolian harp |
| archlute | arpeggione |
| autoharp | balalaika |
| bandora/bandura | banjo |
| banjolele/banjulele | banjolin |
| baryton | bass guitar |
| bass lute | bass viol |
| biwa | bouzouki |
| cello | Celtic harp |
| charango | chitarrone |
| cimbalom | citole |
| cittern | clarsach |
| classical guitar | contrabass |
| cuatro | dobro (trademark) |
| double bass | dulcimer |
| electric guitar | erhu |
| fiddle | gamba |
| gittern | guitar |
| gusli | harp |
| Hawaiian guitar | hurdy-gurdy |
| kanoon | kantele |
| kithara | kora |
| koto | lute |
| lyre | mandola |
| mandolin | orpharion |
| oud | pedal steel guitar |
| pipa | psaltery |
| rebab | rebec |
| requinto | samisen |
| santoor | sarangi |
| sarod | saz |
| sitar | steel/steel-string guitar |
| string bass | tamboura |
| tamburitza | theorbo |
| trigon | triple harp |
| twelve-string guitar | ukulele |
| veena | vihuela de arco |
| vihuela de mano | viol |
| viola | viola bastarda |
| viola da gamba | viola d’amore |
| violetta | violin |
| violoncello | violone |
| Welsh harp | wind harp |
| zither |