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
These days, when Podger is touring, her long-term partner, Tim Cronin – also a string player and teacher – looks after their children, Rebecca, seven, and Carys, nine.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2010
What is a string player doing when she plays "harmonics"? Why do some notes sound good together while other notes seem to clash with each other?
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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