fiddle; violin
小 · 3 strokes
Depicts three small dots, representing the meaning "small". Originally the same character as 少. The small dots possibly represent grains of sand (沙).
提 · 12 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 是 represents the sound.
琴 · 12 strokes
The top component is a pictograph of a zither-like stringed musical instrument. 今 is a sound component.