stringed

Examples

• All

• The 7th U.S. Cavalry maintained a small orchestra of strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion, ca. 1902, of musicians who probably played a stringed instrument in addition to a band instrument.

  Academic text (2015)

• Add an 'ud, guitar, or other stringed instrument to play the melody with the vocalists.

  Academic text (2003)

• Plan a field trip to a community concert that features stringed instruments.

  Academic text (2002)

• "Praise him with stringed instruments."

  The Apostle (1997)

• Invite students to build their own stringed instruments, create a composition, and perform with these instruments.

  Academic text (2002)

• Once the violin became acceptable, the door was open for other stringed instruments as well.

  Academic text (1993)

• Trace the development and locales of stringed instruments in ancient and modern civilizations (e.g., Greece, China, Persia, India, and Africa).

  Academic text (2002)

• Another example includes the sound of the sarangi, a small stringed instrument, famous for its melodic lead in folk songs such as "Resham firiri," which is part of the collective musical memory of every Nepali child.

  Academic text (2016)

• After shaking off from his clothes what seemed to be the dust of 500 years, without any words of invitation, he unpacked a small stringed instrument of the oud (or lute) type, sat down, and began to strum it while singing in a voice that soon filled the room.

  Academic text (2016)

• The orchestra included many stringed instruments such as violins and cellos.

Compounds

S

stringed instrument

• Specialized

4 2.9

A musical instrument that makes sound when its strings are played, like a guitar or violin

B

bowed stringed instrument

5.7

A string instrument played with a bow, like a violin

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology