stringed instrument

stringed instrument

n.

An instrument, such as a violin, viola, cello, or double bass, in which sound is produced by plucking, striking, or bowing taut strings.

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stringed instrument

n

(Music / Instruments) any musical instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of a string across a soundboard or soundbox Also called chordophone

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

stringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound banjo - a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body bowed stringed instrument, string - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well" bridge - a wooden support that holds the strings up chordophone - a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers clavichord - an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound Klavier, clavier - a stringed instrument that has a keyboard dulcimer - a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings guitar - a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking koto - Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers musical instrument, instrument - any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds peg - regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument forte-piano, piano, pianoforte - a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds psaltery - an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings samisen, shamisen - a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum sitar - a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings soundboard, sounding board - (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument string - a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed cither, zither, zithern - a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

Translations

stringed instrument [ˌstrɪŋdˈɪnstrʊmənt] n (Mus) → strumento a corda