30 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "One Stringed Instrument"

A few lines from a one string phono fiddle. It is a very rare old instrument seldom found today. It is a single metal string, played with a horsehair bow. The sound is picked up through a phonogram diapraghm and then amplified through a brass horn. This is free for anyone to use as they wish.

Oliviolin is a very simple kind of primitive instrument made from two olive tree sticks and a guitar string!.

A sampling of my acoustic guitar. One in a set of three sounds that have been changed to the same pitch so they may work better as instruments in a tracker.

A sampling of my acoustic guitar. One in a set of three sounds that have been changed to the same pitch so they may work better as instruments in a tracker.

A sampling of my acoustic guitar. One in a set of three sounds that have been changed to the same pitch so they may work better as instruments in a tracker.

A set of orchestral hits with different instrumentations. All instruments play the note c. A: full orchestra with cymbals and bells (*1)b: full orchestra without cymbals and bellsc: no untuned percussiond: col legno strings (*2)e: no woodwindsf: no brassg: no percussionh: only brass & percussioni: only woodwinds and percussionj: only strings and percussionk: only col legno strings and percussionl: only strings and woodwindsm: only strings and brass. (*1) the cymbals tend to sound weird when you change the pitch (in my opinion) so all other samples don't use them. (*2) col legno is when the strings are hit with the wooden back of the bow. These are very dry samples with no additional reverb or any other processing.

Twitter https://twitter. Com/samples_simple@samples_simple. More music on my youtube channelhttps://www. Youtube. Com/watch?v=saawiun1heg&list=pl9bdtoyt75av5krkq_-_z6hrwsqqjpzcf&index=3. This is one note from my virtual instrument. The virtual instrument is made from a cheap chinese stratocaster. Subscribe my youtube channel :-)for new samples. Https://youtu. Be/fzhu2rkaxvc?t=17. Facebook. Https://www. Facebook. Com/simplesamplesweb.

Twitter https://twitter. Com/samples_simple@samples_simple. More music on my youtube channelhttps://www. Youtube. Com/watch?v=saawiun1heg&list=pl9bdtoyt75av5krkq_-_z6hrwsqqjpzcf&index=3. This is one note from my virtual instrument. The virtual instrument is made from a cheap chinese stratocaster. Subscribe my youtube channel :-)for new samples. Https://youtu. Be/fzhu2rkaxvc?t=17. Facebook. Https://www. Facebook. Com/simplesamplesweb.

Twitter https://twitter. Com/samples_simple@samples_simple. More music on my youtube channelhttps://www. Youtube. Com/watch?v=saawiun1heg&list=pl9bdtoyt75av5krkq_-_z6hrwsqqjpzcf&index=3. This is one note from my virtual instrument. The virtual instrument is made from a cheap chinese stratocaster. Subscribe my youtube channel :-)for new samples. Https://youtu. Be/fzhu2rkaxvc?t=17. Facebook. Https://www. Facebook. Com/simplesamplesweb.

Twitter https://twitter. Com/samples_simple@samples_simple. More music on my youtube channelhttps://www. Youtube. Com/watch?v=saawiun1heg&list=pl9bdtoyt75av5krkq_-_z6hrwsqqjpzcf&index=3. This is one note from my virtual instrument. The virtual instrument is made from a cheap chinese stratocaster. Subscribe my youtube channel :-)for new samples. Https://youtu. Be/fzhu2rkaxvc?t=17. Facebook. Https://www. Facebook. Com/simplesamplesweb.

Deep base and screaming cello sounds in foundry setting, with hammer in background. The blacksmith can play. Don't ask me how i did this one -it just appeared. Morphagene rendered in reaper at 48khz 32 bit. Enjoy making noise!.

Cymbals, drums, one voice. Folk music outside of wat phra that doi suthep. You hear one instrument -besides the drum and the common pair of cymbals- which name i ignore -any help with this will be deeply appreciated!this instrument apparently is very common in north thailand and laos. It consists of cymbals hanging in a wood structure that operates with strings! i mean, a totally alien thing for me. Sound record it with -sorry- a gopro camera hero4, then edited with audacity.

Register Violin demo, played with modulation. You will hear every key. Violin (4') is the same as Viola ('), but one octave higher. This is the famous and well known sound of the Arp/Solina String Ensemble! Data of instrument: Series 76 (Manufacturing year) No. 0131202 Manufactured by B. V. Eminent - Bodegraven - Holland

This is a single guitar string plucked with a pick directly at the headstock, that means between the tuners and the nut. There the string is very short and tight, resulting in a high, almost piano-like tone. Also, since there is no sound box, the tone is rather quiet. I used this for a sampler and i liked the sound of it. This is the raw recording. If you want to use it in a sampler too, i recommend adding some eq, reverb and maybe some delay. It is not perfectly in tune though, the closest note is a#. You might tweak the tuning a little bit when using it in combination with other tuned instruments. Microphone: akg perception 120post-processing: none.

A set of orchestral hits with different instrumentations. The chord c minor is played. A: full orchestra with cymbals and bells (*1)b: full orchestra without cymbals and bellsc: no untuned percussiond: col legno strings (*2)e: no woodwindsf: no brassg: no percussionh: only brass & percussioni: only woodwinds and percussionj: only strings and percussionk: only col legno strings and percussionl: only strings and woodwindsm: only strings and brass. (*1) the cymbals tend to sound weird when you change the pitch (in my opinion) so all other samples don't use them. (*2) col legno is when the strings are hit with the wooden back of the bow. These are very dry samples with no additional reverb or any other processing.

A set of orchestral hits with different instrumentations. The chord c major is played. A: full orchestra with cymbals and bells (*1)b: full orchestra without cymbals and bellsc: no untuned percussiond: col legno strings (*2)e: no woodwindsf: no brassg: no percussionh: only brass & percussioni: only woodwinds and percussionj: only strings and percussionk: only col legno strings and percussionl: only strings and woodwindsm: only strings and brass. (*1) the cymbals tend to sound weird when you change the pitch (in my opinion) so all other samples don't use them. (*2) col legno is when the strings are hit with the wooden back of the bow. These are very dry samples with no additional reverb or any other processing.

This one is a little extract from one of my experimental tracks. It was done on a cubase5 for pc, using vst instruments. No samples, genuine soundwork. It may be used for movie, documentary, radio, podcast, educational as well asfor your own inspiration to sample and remix it. Enjoy!.

In front of my desk in my room is a wood paneled wall with a cubbie. It's about a foot wide, 10 inches from top to bottom and maybe 7 inches deep. I'm just guessing. Around this cubbie is a border of wood. In the bottom right corner under the border i have jammed one end of an elastic string that used to have glitter on it. It's from a christmas box of chocolates my uncle sent me last year. I stand in front of this cubbie whose bottom is at chin height, (i'm only 5ft1in) so my arms are above my head as i pull this string across the cubbie up and to the left to the border on the top which acts as my only fret. The string is a few inches longer than the cubbie is wide, but when i pull it it gets longer so my hand is 3/4 along it's length as i pull back and forth across the border to tighten and loosen the string. No matter how hard i pull it never pops loose from it's mooring. This time the mic is sitting in the cubby so i get a much clearer and louder sound. When i stretch the string across the top it has a fairly long sustain, so i can play 4 notes on a single pluck.

Register Violin demo, played without modulation. You will hear every key. Violin (4') is the same as Viola ('), but one octave higher. Data of instrument: Series 76 (Manufacturing year) No. 0131202 Manufactured by B. V. Eminent - Bodegraven - Holland

In a warehouse for musical instruments in seoul, southkorea. A lot of small shops gathered under one roof. Standing next to two men fixing and cleaning pianos. You her the hammering onto the nail that is holding the string. The more melody-like moments are when the other one is cleaning the keyboard with a towel. Nice reverb. Binaural recording with soundman okm`s and a h4n. If you want to support my work, please visit:jardinsonore(. )bandcamp(. )comthere you find a lot more.

Capoeira mestre calango was nice enough to do a couple of short recordings on the berimbau for me. A berimbau is a one stringed instrument with the string made from the inside liner of a truck tire, it has a claxia(sp?) a shaker with it and is modulated by placing the gourd against the stomach and removing it. Done with hdp2 and two sennheiser mics 66 67, was in 24 bit 96khz, downconverted to 16b at 44. 1, a relatively clean recording at a very high level.

Capoeira mestre calango was nice enough to do a couple of short recordings on the berimbau for me. A berimbau is a one stringed instrument with the string made from the inside liner of a truck tire, it has a claxia(sp?) a shaker with it and is modulated by placing the gourd against the stomach and removing it. Done with hdp2 and two sennheiser mics 66 67, was in 24 bit 96khz, downconverted to 16b at 44. 1, a relatively clean recording at a very high level.

Register Viola demo, played with modulation. You will hear every key. Viola (8') is the same as Violin (4'), but one octave lower, like Trumpet/Horn. Data of instrument: Series 76 (Manufacturing year) No. 0131202 Manufactured by B. V. Eminent - Bodegraven - Holland

Register Viola demo, played without modulation. You will hear every key. Viola (8') is the same as Violin (4'), but one octave lower, like Trumpet/Horn. Data of instrument: Series 76 (Manufacturing year) No. 0131202 Manufactured by B. V. Eminent - Bodegraven - Holland

Session 1, find more koto in this sound pack. The recorder wasn't optimally placed in the session 1 recording, so sometimes you might hear some low impact noises transitioning through the table to the recorder. Some eq (low cut) should be able to fix this. We went to my friend's father to record a koto, a traditional japanese zither-like (table harp) instrument, consisting of a large wooden base with long strings for plucking. The strings are tuned in the japanese pentatonic scale, allowing a mystic, mysterious, beautiful harmony. It was my first time ever playing this instrument, so don't expect wonders lol. But i tried to "feel" the instrument as well as i could, working from my limited keyboard and guitar playing skills. I improvised simple patterns, and also tried to work with call and response ideas, and bass notes, plucking the low strings with my fingers, and then plucking the high ones with a pick. Happy listening, chopping, and remixing!. In kashiwa, chiba, east of tokyo. Mid october 2016. Zoom h2n stereo ms recording in 96khz, 24bit.

Sound demo, played with modulation. You will hear random akkords. The registers (choires) are Viola, Violin and Trumpet. Violin (4') is the same as Viola ('), but one octave higher. Trumpet offers the effect of the brass section in an orchestra. Note: Horn is the low pass filtered version of the register Trumpet, not an additional register! Data of instrument: Series 76 (Manufacturing year) No. 0131202 Manufactured by B. V. Eminent - Bodegraven - Holland

In front of my desk in my room is a wood paneled wall with a cubbie. It's about a foot wide, 10 inches from top to bottom and maybe 7 inches deep. I'm just guessing. Around this cubbie is a border of wood. In the bottom right corner under the border i have jammed one end of an elastic string that used to have glitter on it. It's from a christmas box of chocolates my uncle sent me last year. I stand in front of this cubbie whose bottom is at chin height, (i'm only 5ft1in) so my arms are above my head as i pull this string across the cubbie to the border on the left which acts as my only fret. The string is a few inches longer than the cubbie is wide, but when i pull it it gets longer so my hand is 3/4 along it's length as i pull back and forth across the border to tighten and loosen the string. No matter how hard i pull it never pops loose from it's mooring. The recording starts with me standing up from my chair. In the first part until 01:54 i am playing the string at maybe 30° from horizontal. It has a buzzy quality that reminds me of an african folk instrument i can't remember the name of. From 01:33 to 01:54 i'm trying to imitate a korean folk vibrato kind of thing. In the second part until 02:29 i am playing 45 to 60° from horizontal and it sounds like a full-bodied string bass with no buzz. In the last part beginning at 02:34 i am playing about 75° from horizontal across the top border of the cubbie on the left so it sounds buzzy and african again, and i'm just going crazy goofing around with a crazy bluesy rock sort of rhythm. There didn't seem to be any homemade 1-stringed wall-cubbie basses on this site so here is mine, have fun. I don't play it if mom is home because the living room is on the other side of the wall and she can't hear tv. Also my neighbor can probably hear it in the next apartment lol. Recorded with microsoft lifecam 3000.

The range of a Jew's harp as string harmonics:“By using the cavity of the mouth as a resonator, each harmonic in succession can be isolated and reinforced, giving the instrument the compass shown. The lower harmonics of the series cannot be obtained, owing to the limited capacity of the resonating cavity. The black notes on the stave show the scale which may be produced by using two harps, one tuned a fourth above the other.” This file plays harmonics 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.

Ok, i don't know how many of you might be interested in this, but i figure there's no harm in posting it. I'm working on some original songs. Laptop-based, electronic songs, with many orchestral parts, including violin, viola, cello, and string bass. Presonus studio one has some very nice vst string instruments, and i have some really great ones for kontakt. But they all are missing one thing, and i couldn't find the (admittedly esoteric) sound that i'm looking for anywhere on the internet. Being a viola player myself, i recorded myself playing these very particular incidental sounds. Let me explain-. There's this 'grabby' sound that a well-rosined bow makes just is it is first being drawn across the string. Listen carefully to any of the pros and you'll hear it. In your laptop sequences, if used subtly, right at the point where the first note of a phrase is initiated, this sound can give the string part a marked sense of realism*. This, combined with vibrato, reverb and a nice warm/tube/tape saturation setting, nobody will be able to tell the difference between your vst and the real thing. About the audio-i tried to keep them as pitchless as possible, thus not limiting their utility. I recorded two sets of all four open strings (c, g, d, a), first close mic'ed, and once from a few feet away, in stereo. Or to say it another way, the sounds are as follows-1. Open c close2. Open g close3. Open d close4. Open a close5. Open c far6. Open g far7. Open d far8. Open a far. It's totally overkill for me to record all the different versions, but i suppose somebody out there might find one more appropriate than another for their purposes. They work pretty effortlessly for violin and viola, but you might have to pitch them down for cello and string bass. I added no processing whatsoever, apart from normalizing each individual sound. Aiff, recorded at 44/16. Nady scm-2090 stereo condenser mic, focusrite saffire pro 24 interface, recorded in logic. Not the quietest room, but these sounds will be so far down in the mix that it won't matter. Free for all to download, no attribution necessary. Http://www. Freesound. Org/people/bruce%20burbank/sounds/220917/. As an example, here's the part i'm working on that motivated me to record these sounds, with the grabby sound in place. See if you can spot the three times i used it. *pro tip- much the same way i'll insert an inhale breath right before horn or oboe phrases.

An instrumental piece i made in garageband for something called victors crypt!. I combined a beat i made on a drum machine with one i made on sampled drums to make it really swing. I added a cocky simple bassline to build more sounds to. Strings, horns and synth sounds were added as well. . . . Could be useful in anything cool, intro, outro, game, dark, eerie, spooky, creepy, scary, horrific, mysterious, crime-ish, thrilling or whatever comes to mind. Feel free to use it as long as you give me the credit for it/write me as composer. And subscribe to and watch my channel :). Be cool, watch and subscribe to victors crypt:https://www. Youtube. Com/channel/uca8o46_wrqzehsdzuwfq3rq. Throw horns, dance & hail satan!.