string player
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Like Vivaldi, she is a string player herself and fancies sound effects.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023
For some years, Frey has been fascinated by a technique he calls “halftone harmonics,” in which a string player uses special fingering to coax two neighboring pitches from a single string, with whispery overtones attached.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2019
The irony is that Lou isn’t a string player at all.
From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2018
Conrad’s “drone strings” were played by a trio of seasoned collaborators and an additional string player stepped in for Conrad himself: Laurie Anderson.
From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2016
A string player who wants a different note from a string holds the string tightly in a different place.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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