What stringed instruments were played in the early

The early stringed instruments played were:

- The lyre: a stringed instrument with a wooden frame and strings made of animal gut or sinew.

- The cithara: a stringed instrument with a wooden soundbox and strings made of animal gut or sinew.

- The lute: a stringed instrument with a neck, a body, and strings made of gut or sinew.

- The harp: a stringed instrument with a triangular frame and strings made of gut or sinew.

- The psaltery: a stringed instrument with a flat, rectangular soundbox and strings made of gut or sinew.