Colombian tiple

Colombian tiple
tiple
String instrument
Other namestiple
Classification String instrument (plucked, metal string chordophones usually played with a pick; sometimes by fingerpicking.)
Hornbostel–Sachs classification321.322
(Composite chordophone)
Playing range
C3 - A5
Related instruments
Tiple-requinto; American Tiple; Timple

The Colombian tiple (in Spanish: tiple, pronounced: tee-pleh) is a plucked string instrument of the guitar family, common in Colombia where it is considered one of the national instruments. About three-fourths the size of a classical guitar, it has twelve strings set in four triple-strung courses. It is played as a main instrument or as an accompanying instrument to the guitar.