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   Flatwound strings on a fretless bass guitar. A string is the vibrating element of chordophones such as the guitar, harp, piano , and the violin family, that produces sound. Strings are lengths of a flexible material that a musical instrument holds under tension so that they can vibrate freely

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   • String (music) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

     A string in music is a string made of steel, nylon, or gut...

2. www.wikiwand.com › en › String_(music)String (music) - Wikiwand

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   A string is the vibrating element of chordophones such as the guitar, harp, piano, and the violin family, that produces sound. Strings are lengths of a flexible material that a musical instrument holds under tension so that they can vibrate freely, but with control.

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   Which part of a string instrument makes a sound?

   • The bodies of the string instruments, which are hollow inside to allow sound to vibrate within them, are made of different kinds of wood, but the part of the instrument that makes the sound is the strings, which are made of nylon, steel or sometimes gut. The strings are played most often by drawing a bow across them.

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   What are the most common string instruments in Western music?

   • The most common string instruments in Western music are those in the violin, piano, and guitar families. String instruments are found in virtually every culture throughout the world, creating a wide variety of sounds and reflecting many types of musical traditions.

   String instrument - New World Encyclopedia

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   What instruments have strings?

   • Some instruments that have strings have an attached keyboard that the player presses keys on to trigger a mechanism that sounds the strings, instead of directly manipulating the strings. These include the piano, the clavichord, and the harpsichord.

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   How do you make a sound from a stringed instrument?

   • Plucking, bowing, and striking are the three most common techniques used in creating musical sounds from a stringed instrument. The length and tautness of the strings affect the pitch and tone of the sound produced. Strings are often shortened by using the finger or other device to "stop" the string and thus alter its pitch.

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   A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings, usually over a sounding board and/or resonating chamber. Plucking, bowing, and striking are the three most common techniques used in creating musical sounds from a stringed instrument.

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5. www.orsymphony.org › instruments › stringsString Family Instruments - What is in the String Family?

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   The strings are the largest family of instruments in the orchestra and they come in four sizes: the violin, which is the smallest, viola, cello, and the biggest, the double bass, sometimes called the contrabass. (Bass is pronounced "base," as in "baseball.")

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7. www.britannica.com › art › stringed-instrumentStringed instrument | Definition, Types, History, Features ...

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   Apr 22, 2024 · Stringed instrument, any musical instrument that produces sound by the vibration of stretched strings, which may be made of vegetable fibre, metal, animal gut, silk, or artificial materials such as plastic or nylon. In nearly all stringed instruments the sound of the vibrating string is amplified.