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Stringed instrument   /strɪŋd ˈɪnstrəmənt/   Listen
Stringed instrument

noun
1.
A musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound.



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"Stringed instrument" Quotes from Famous Books



... the court. The doves were cooing and fluttering in the cornices and the cockatoo was preening his lemon colored topknot. At first Kathlyn had not the least idea where she was, but the light beyond the lattice, the flitting shadows, and the tinkle of a stringed instrument assured her that she was awake, ...
— The Adventures of Kathlyn • Harold MacGrath
... pieces which Bach wrote for clavier with other instruments, are naturally more free; both because Bach had the benefit of a stringed instrument—violin or 'cello—for intensifying the melody, and because they have been recently arranged for piano solo, and hence manifest more of the modern treatment of ...
— The Masters and their Music - A series of illustrative programs with biographical, - esthetical, and critical annotations • W. S. B. Mathews
... primitive three-stringed instrument, could not be had, mountain folk in the raggeds of Old Virginia were not at a loss for music with which to make merry at the infare wedding. They stepped the tune to the singing of a ballad, nor did they tire though the ...
— Blue Ridge Country • Jean Thomas
... quietly whispering with each other. A singular thing happened. Scarcely had the messenger finished reading the sentence when the storm of wrath and anger suddenly subsided. What had happened to them? Their emotional nature which, like a stringed instrument, answered to the slightest touch, quivered under a new feeling. It was respect and sympathy for the misfortune of an ancient and charitable family. The crowd, which such a short time before had yelled ...
— An Obscure Apostle - A Dramatic Story • Eliza Orzeszko


Words linked to "Stringed instrument" :   instrument, pianoforte, sitar, chordophone, sounding board, zithern, string, banjo, zither, bowed stringed instrument, clavier, guitar, dulcimer, musical instrument, peg, bridge, samisen, shamisen, soundboard, piano, forte-piano, Klavier, clavichord, psaltery, koto, cither


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