| [unknown] | Other | Not applicable | [Worldwide] | 4.2 | instrument (as “tcherawata”), instrument |
| George Achieng | Person | Male | Kenya | | instrument (as “orutu”) |
| Endalkachew Adunya | Person | | | | instrument (as “masenqo”) |
| Klas Åhlund | Person | Male | Sweden | | instrument arranger |
| Amati String Trio | Group | | | | instrument |
| Phil Archer | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument (as “bowed Antler”) |
| Erik Arvinder & Friends | Orchestra | | Sweden | | instrument |
| Atom String Quartet | Group | | Warsaw | | instrument |
| Bamberger Quartett | Group | | Germany | | instrument |
| Francisco Barnet Astorga | Person | Male | Mexico | | instrument (as “enneg (bowed monochord)”) |
| Tyler Bates | Person | Male | United States | 4.5 | instrument (as “GuitarViol”) |
| Richard Beck | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “bowed bass”) |
| Adrian Belew | Person | Male | Mt. Juliet | 4 | instrument arranger |
| Arefayne Bisrat | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “masenqo”) |
| Anton Bogdanov | Person | Male | Shenyang | | instrument (as “bowed guitar”) |
| Borodin Quartet | Group | | Russia | | instrument |
| Bounmanh | Person | | Laos | | instrument (as “si so”) |
| Richard Bourreau | Person | Male | France | | instrument (as “imzad”) |
| Nora Thompson Brickson | Person | Female | United States | | instrument (as “psalmodikon”) |
| Juldeh Camara | Person | Male | Gambia | | instrument (as “riti”), instrument (as “ritti”) |
| Ettore Castagna | Person | Male | Italy | | instrument (as “lira basso”) |
| Louis Cennamo | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument (as “electric bowed bass guitar”) |
| Darby Cicci | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “bowed banjo”) |
| Francis Coiteux | Person | Male | France | | instrument arranger |
| Sam Collins | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “bowed acoustic bass”) |
| David Coulter | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument (as “bowed acoustic guitar”) |
| Ross Daly | Person | Male | Ireland | | instrument (as “kemane”) |
| K. Damdin | Person | | | | instrument (as “tchagadan”) |
| Bryn Davies | Person | Female | United States | | instrument (as “bowed bass”) |
| Constance Demby | Person | Female | United States | 4 | instrument (as “whale sail”) |
| S. D. Doumat | Person | | | | instrument (as “bizantchi”) |
| Per Ekdahl | Person | Male | | | instrument arranger |
| Noah Evens | Person | | | | instrument arranger |
| Daniel Faust | Person | Male | Germany | | instrument arranger |
| Rainhard Fendrich | Person | Male | Austria | 3 | instrument arranger |
| Emily Thompson Flugstad | Person | Female | United States | | instrument (as “psalmodikon”) |
| Dominik Frankiewicz | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Kikule Fred | Person | Male | Uganda | | instrument (as “endingidi”) |
| Daniel Friedrichs | Person | | | | instrument arranger |
| Ellen Fullman | Person | Female | United States | | instrument (as “Long String Instrument”), instrument (as “the long stringed instrument”) |
| Geoff Gascoyne | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument arranger |
| G. Gasperaitis | Person | | | | instrument (as “pusline”) |
| David Gattiker | Person | Male | | | instrument arranger |
| Giallo | Person | | | | instrument (as “bowed guitar”) |
| Roberto Di Gioia | Person | Male | Germany | | instrument |
| The Glenwood Octet | Group | | | | instrument |
| GnuQuartet | Group | | Italy | | instrument |
| Tenzin Gönpo | Person | Male | France | | instrument (as “piwang”) |
| Geir Gunnarsson | Person | Male | Australia | | instrument (as “bowed guitar”) |
| Bernhard Günter | Person | Male | Germany | | instrument |
| Indris Hassan | Person | | | | instrument (as “masenqo”) |
| Warren Hildebrand | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “bowed guitar”) |
| Ronn Huff | Person | Male | United States | | instrument arranger |
| Korreh Jallow | Person | | | | instrument (as “Nyanyer”) |
| Ferry Janoska | Person | | | | instrument arranger |
| Ulf Janson | Person | Male | | | instrument arranger |
| Henrik Jansson | Person | Male | | | instrument arranger |
| Maria Johnson | Person | Female | | | instrument (as “quinton d'amore”) |
| Jón Þór Birgisson | Person | Male | Iceland | | member of band |
| Maria Jonsson | Person | Female | Sweden | | instrument (as “quinton d'amore”) |
| Bastian Juel | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “bowed bass”), instrument (as “bowed guitar”) |
| M. Kenden | Person | | | | instrument (as “tchagadan”) |
| M. Khadoulav | Person | | | | instrument (as “tchagan”) |
| Dara Khan | Person | | India | | instrument (as “kamaicha”) |
| Sultan Khan | Person | Male | India | | instrument |
| K. Khavpatchev | Person | | | | instrument (as “chikapchina”) |
| Kh. Khintba | Person | | | | instrument (as “apkhertsa”) |
| Franjo Klobasa | | | | | instrument (as “lijera”) |
| Per Kolstad | Person | Male | Norway | | instrument arranger (as “strykearrangement”) |
| Βαγγέλης Κοντόπουλος | Person | Male | Greece | | instrument (as “Σειρήνες”) |
| Thad Kopec | Person | Male | Nashville | | instrument (as “bowed guitar”) |
| Chandranshu Kumar | Person | Male | New Delhi | 5 | instrument arranger (as “Composer”) |
| Kunchari | Person | Female | Russia | | member of band (as “Ikili”) |
| Анатолий Куулар | Person | Male | Respublika Tyva | 5 | instrument (as “Byzaanchi”), instrument (as “byzaanchi”) |
| Bertha Larson | Person | Female | United States | | instrument (as “psalmodikon”) |
| Frank Lauber | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Leri Leskinen | Person | Male | Finland | | instrument arranger (as “string instruments”) |
| The London Session Orchestra | Orchestra | | United Kingdom | | instrument |
| London Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | | United Kingdom | 5 | instrument (as “archi registrati ad Abbey Road, Studio 1, da Peter Mew”) |
| Ronald Mabandha | Person | Male | Uganda | | instrument (as “tube fiddle”) |
| Abdul Rachid Machinai | Person | | Afghanistan | | instrument (as “saranda”) |
| Monja Mahafay | Person | Male | Madagascar | | instrument (as “lokanga”) |
| Mathias Malzieu | Person | Male | France | | instrument (as “baryton”) |
| Johnny Marr | Person | Male | Manchester | 5 | instrument (as “strings”) |
| George Martin | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument arranger |
| Jeff Martin | Person | Male | Canada | | instrument |
| Joey McClellan | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “bowed guitar”) |
| B. Melikichivili | Person | | | | instrument (as “tchouniri”) |
| Palle Mikkelborg | Person | Male | Denmark | | instrument (as “ringmodulator”) |
| D. Miktibaev | Person | | | | instrument (as “kobiz”) |
| Joakim Milder | Person | Male | Sweden | | instrument arranger |
| T. Mourataliev | Person | | | | instrument (as “kil-kiyak”) |
| Nashville String Machine | Orchestra | | Nashville | | instrument |
| Maria Natanson | Person | Female | Poland | | instrument (as “kebak keman”) |
| Mbaye Ndiaye | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument (as “riti”) |
| Richard Niles | Person | Male | United States | | instrument arranger |
| O. Nouriagdiev | Person | | | | instrument (as “gopuz”) |
| Mariusz Obijalski | Person | Male | | | instrument arranger |
| Kenneth Ochieng | Person | Male | Kenya | | instrument (as “orutu”) |
| Orchestra sinfonica dell’Accademia Musicale Italiana | Orchestra | | Italy | | instrument |