stringed instrument

stringed instrument

n.

An instrument, such as a violin, guitar, harp, or dulcimer, in which sound is produced by causing taut strings to vibrate, as by plucking, striking, or bowing.

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stringed instrument

n

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

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Noun

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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

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Translations

kielisoitin

弦楽器

stränginstrument

stringed instrument

[ˌstrɪŋdˈɪnstrʊmənt] n (Mus) → strumento a corda

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