plucked string instrument
A plucked string instrument is a string instrument which has its tensioned strings plucked (as opposed to rubbed with a bow or hit) to produce sound. Examples include guitars, banjos, harps, lyres, and (although a stretch) harpsichords.
This tag implicates string_instrument (learn more).
The following tags implicate this tag: lyre, sitar, shamisen, harp, guitar, banjo_(instrument), lute, zither_(musical_instrument) (learn more).