string
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- noun
- /strɪŋ/
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- Or we could stick with the string quartet.
- string quartet
- string orchestra
- string instruments
That you have your choir, maybe you have your string section, you have your trumpets.
- That you have your choir, maybe you have your string section, you have your trumpets.
- Listen to Beethoven's last six string quartets.
Examples
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Plus, as a producer, I've written string arrangements and conducted them with string players.
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The purpose of this study was to examine collaborative composing in high school string chamber music ensembles.
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The researcher discovered that each practice strategy significantly improved university string players' performance.
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People sat down to play a string quartet and that was a conversation with four people that use no language, just music.
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Listen to Beethoven's last six string quartets.
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Before becoming committed to his research, Gordon played string bass with the Gene Krupa Band.
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Her research interests include string instrument vibrato, music perception, and teaching underserved populations.
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The participant pool was drawn from the membership of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA).
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Operas, symphonies, string quartets.
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The orchestra performed a beautiful piece featuring the strings during the concert.
Synonyms
4
2.8
The group of musicians who play instruments like violins and cellos
1
3.5
A group of musicians in an orchestra who play instruments like violins and cellos
Idioms
- Informal
Say this when you cannot give a clear answer because it depends on things you do not know
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.8
An idea that tiny vibrating strings make different particles and forces
- Specialized
2
9.9
An idea in physics about a very thin, long object in space that has a lot of energy
- Informal
2
6.8
Being too dependent on your parents, especially your mother, so you are not independent
1
3.5
A group of musicians in an orchestra who play instruments like violins and cellos
- US
1
3.7
A very large low instrument with a deep sound used in orchestras and jazz bands
- Specialized
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6.1
A stitch that goes around an opening and pulls the edges together to close it
- Specialized
An early form of string theory that describes only bosons, a type of particle, and needs 26 dimensions
- Specialized
An operation that sews the lower part of the womb closed during pregnancy to prevent early birth
- Jargon
An invisible or marked line on a pool table behind which cue balls are placed at game start
- Archaic
A group of four players, two violins, a viola, and a cello, or a piece written for them
A group of words written or spoken in a particular order that may not be a full sentence
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Etymology
Strings for the orchestra group comes from the same idea: it names the instruments (and players) that use tight cords, so the 'strings' are those who play the stringed instruments.