Strip+by+plucking

  • 1Plucking — Pluck Pluck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plucking}.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pfl[ u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. ?27.] 1. To pull; to draw. [1913 Webster] Its own nature . . . plucks …

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  • 2pluck — I. v. a. 1. Gather, pick, cull. 2. Pull (quickly), twitch, snatch, jerk, yerk, tug, tear. 3. Pull, draw. 4. Strip by plucking. II. n. (Colloq.) Spirit, courage, resolution, manhood, indomitableness, backbone, determination, energy, force, mettle …

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  • 3keyboard instrument — ▪ music Introduction       any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. In nearly all cases in Western music the keys correspond to consecutive notes in the… …

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  • 4Classical guitar — A modern classical guitar from the front and side String instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 321.322 5 (Composite chordophone sounded by the bare fingers or …

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  • 5Guitar — Infobox Instrument name=Guitar names= classification=String instrument (plucked, nylon stringed guitars usually played with fingerpicking, and steel , etc. usually with a pick.) range= (a regularly tuned guitar) related=*Bowed and plucked string… …

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  • 6musical sound — Introduction       any tone with characteristics such as controlled pitch and timbre. The sounds are produced by instruments in which the periodic vibrations can be controlled by the performer.       That some sounds are intrinsically musical,… …

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  • 7Prepared piano — A prepared piano is a piano which has had its sound altered by placing objects (preparations) between or on the strings or on the hammers or dampers.The idea of altering an instrument s timbre through the use of external objects has been applied… …

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  • 8South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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  • 9Erosion — is the carrying away or displacement of solids (sediment, soil, rock and other particles) usually by the agents of currents such as, wind, water, or ice by downward or down slope movement in response to gravity or by living organisms (in the case …

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  • 10Harpsichord — in the Flemish style Bach s Little Prelude in C major being played on a harpsichord. A harpsichord, also known by the name cembalo, is a musical instrument pla …

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