stringed instrument
noun
: a musical instrument (such as a guitar, violin, or piano) that has strings and that produces sound when the strings are touched or struck
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On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.
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Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
His father, Keshubhai Udhas, played the dilruba, a traditional Indian stringed instrument.
—John Yoon, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Musicians played the saz, a Turkish stringed instrument, as well as sacred Islamic music, while Dabke dancers performed the Arab folk dance popular in the Levantine regions of Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.
—Giles Bruce, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
Hiroshima was founded in the mid-seventies with a sound built around the koto, a distinctively Japanese-sounding stringed instrument.
—Colin Marshall, The New Yorker, 6 July 2023
On Friday, McConaughey grabbed a stringed instrument and joined other musicians for a scene on the Frosty Mug’s wooden deck overlooking the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River.
—Greg Garrison | , al, 3 July 2023
The bouzouki – a long-necked stringed instrument in the same family as the lute and mandolin – is what gives Greek folk music its distinctive sound.
—The Enquirer, 20 June 2023
Working with Lair and the carpenters at the sanctuary, Soldier built an elephant-size xylophone, a drum, and a single-stringed instrument that looked like a washtub bass.
—Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Renée's voice is arresting, powerful, but as disciplined and carefully tuned as a stringed instrument.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
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Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
His father, Keshubhai Udhas, played the dilruba, a traditional Indian stringed instrument.
—John Yoon, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Musicians played the saz, a Turkish stringed instrument, as well as sacred Islamic music, while Dabke dancers performed the Arab folk dance popular in the Levantine regions of Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.
—Giles Bruce, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
Hiroshima was founded in the mid-seventies with a sound built around the koto, a distinctively Japanese-sounding stringed instrument.
—Colin Marshall, The New Yorker, 6 July 2023
On Friday, McConaughey grabbed a stringed instrument and joined other musicians for a scene on the Frosty Mug’s wooden deck overlooking the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River.
—Greg Garrison | , al, 3 July 2023
The bouzouki – a long-necked stringed instrument in the same family as the lute and mandolin – is what gives Greek folk music its distinctive sound.
—The Enquirer, 20 June 2023
Working with Lair and the carpenters at the sanctuary, Soldier built an elephant-size xylophone, a drum, and a single-stringed instrument that looked like a washtub bass.
—Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Renée's voice is arresting, powerful, but as disciplined and carefully tuned as a stringed instrument.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
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“Stringed instrument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stringed%20instrument. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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