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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
stringed instrument — noun a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound • Hypernyms: ↑musical instrument, ↑instrument • Hyponyms: ↑banjo, ↑bowed stringed instrument, ↑string, ↑chordophone, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… … Universalium
stringed instrument — noun Any of very many musical instruments in which taut strings are plucked, bowed or struck in order to produce a sound Syn: string, string instrument … Wiktionary
bowed — adjective 1. of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow • Ant: ↑plucked • Similar to: ↑arco • Topics: ↑music 2. forming or resembling an arch an arched ceiling … Useful english dictionary
bowed — owed adj. 1. bent over; used of back or head. Syn: bent, inclined. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Music) sounded by stroking with a bow; of a stringed musical instrument; as, bowed instruments. Contrasted with {plucked}. [WordNet 1.5] 3. resembling an arch.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
musical instrument — Introduction any device for producing a musical sound. The principal types of such instruments, classified by the method of producing sound, are percussion (percussion instrument), stringed (stringed instrument), keyboard (keyboard… … Universalium
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
Musical instrument — A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The… … Wikipedia
keyboard 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… … Universalium
Musical instrument classification — At various times, and in various different cultures, various schemes of musical instrument classification have been used. The most commonly used system in use in the west today divides instruments into string instruments, wind instruments and… … Wikipedia
