Strums Collection

Algeria - African Gnawa Musician playing a traditional sintir, also known as the guembri, gimbri or hejhouj, a three-stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute. Date: circa 1910s

Singer and guitarist, Montmartre, Paris, France
A popular singer strums his guitar in the open window of his home on the Butte de Montmartre, while his lady friend smiles at the photographer. Date: circa 1905

Kind Edward VII visits the Newmarket Workhouse and talks to a young inmate, who is resting in a cane day-bed and playing his mandolin. Date: 1904

Testing Sound Waves
Ray Kulz blows his trumpet, Jimmy Noel strums his guitar and George Macdonald strikes the cymbal into an OSCILLOSCOPE to see if sound waves vary. Very much so! Date: 1930s

Portugal - Girl Singer from Alfama, Lisbon playing a Guitar
Portugal - Pretty girl street singer and Portuguese Guitar player from the Alfama District of Lisbon. The Portuguese guitar or Portuguese guitarra (Portuguese)

Doggy Rock Star
A doggy rock star strums a tune into a large microphone. Date: early 1930s

Turkish musician playing traditional instrument
Turkish musician playing traditional stringed instrument

Ancient Greek Trio
A string trio in classical Greece - the player on the left strums the sambuca, the central one the cithara, she on the right plucks a lyre

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