| 100% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument usually played sitting down |
| 72% | CELLO | 5 | Stringed instrument played while sitting down |
| 58% | CELLO | 5 | Instrument played sitting down |
| 45% | MARACA | 6 | Rhythm instrument usually played in pairs |
| 44% | HARPS | 5 | Stringed instruments played by cherubs |
| 43% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument played by Steve Martin |
| 43% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument played by Ravi Shankar |
| 43% | VIOLIN | 6 | Stringed instrument played with a bow |
| 43% | UKES | 4 | Stringed instruments usually tuned to G-C-E-A, for short |
| 42% | UKE | 3 | Stringed instrument played in Hawaii, for short |
| 42% | CELLO | 5 | Stringed instrument played by Yo-Yo Ma |
| 42% | CELLO | 5 | Stringed instrument that Yo-Yo Ma plays |
| 42% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument played by Indian musician Ravi Shankar |
| 41% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument played by Bela Fleck and Steve Martin |
| 41% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument played by Roy Clark and Béla Fleck |
| 40% | CELLO | 5 | Stringed instrument that rests on the floor while being played |
| 40% | DULCIMER | 8 | Stringed musical instrument played with "hammers" |
| 39% | UKE | 3 | Small stringed instrument played by Don Ho, for short |
| 39% | UKULELES | 8 | Small stringed instruments often played at luaus |
| 39% | HARP | 4 | Stringed instrument played by Amy Farrah Fowler on "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 39% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument often played while sitting on the floor |
| 37% | PEDALSTEELGUITAR | 16 | Stringed instrument played by Jerry Garcia in the intro to CSNY's "Teach Your Children" |
| 37% | VIOL | 4 | Six-stringed instrument, usually |
| 36% | MEAL | 4 | Sit-down event, usually |
| 36% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument that's usually played cross-legged |
| 36% | CELLISTS | 8 | People playing large stringed instruments |
| 34% | CELLO | 5 | Stringed orchestral instrument of the violin family that's played by Yo-Yo Ma |
| 34% | VIOLIN | 6 | Instrument played by 24-Down |
| 34% | UKE | 3 | Instrument played at 8-Down |
| 34% | UKE | 3 | Usually four-stringed instrument |