String - Musical Instruments

Musical Instruments

  • Strings (music), flexible material that provides vibrations in string instruments
  • String instrument, a musical instrument that produces sound through vibrating strings
  • String section, the violins, violas, cellos and double basses of an orchestra, often abbreviated as "strings"
  • String piano, a pianistic extended technique in which sound is produced by direct manipulation of the strings, rather than striking the piano's keys

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