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A musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings.
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String instrument — A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones. The… … Wikipedia
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string instrument — n. musical instrument whose sounds are created via strumming or plucking on their strings … English contemporary dictionary
Bowed string instrument extended technique — String instruments are capable of producing a variety of extended technique sounds. These alternative playing techniques have been used extensively in the 20th century. Particularly famous examples of string instrument extended technique can be… … Wikipedia
Plucked string instrument — Plucked string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by plucking the strings. Plucking is a way of pulling and releasing the string in such as way as to give it an impulse that causes the string to vibrate. Plucking… … Wikipedia
Long string instrument — The long string instrument, invented by the American composer Ellen Fullman, is tuned in just intonation and played by walking along the length of its approximately 100 90 foot long strings and rubbing them with rosined hands and producing… … Wikipedia
Nut (string instrument) — For other uses, see Nut (disambiguation). The nut of a string instrument is a small piece of hard material which supports the strings at the end closest to the headstock or scroll. The nut marks one end of the speaking length of each open string … Wikipedia
Zhu (string instrument) — The zhu (; pinyin: zhú) was an ancient Chinese string instrument. Although it is no longer used, three very old specimens in varying degrees of preservation survive. [http://www.newyorkqin.org/journal/volume2/volume2no4p2.html] One with five… … Wikipedia
National String Instrument Corporation — était une société des États Unis d Amérique qui fabriquait des guitares et d autres instruments de musique à résonateur. Sommaire 1 Les systèmes de résonateurs National 2 Histoire 2.1 Création … Wikipédia en Français
National String Instrument Corporation — 1928 National Style O plectrum guitar The National String Instrument Corporation was a guitar company that formed to manufacture the first resonator guitars. Contents … Wikipedia
