open string
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A photon, for example, comes from an open string vibrating in its simplest mode, while the graviton is thought to arise from a closed vibrating string.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
“The note has a beginning, a middle and an end. This open string must not sound like an open string!”
From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2021
He sped the piece up, and moved the song to a higher key so that he could use the vibrant sound of the cello’s lowest open string.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2016
Mr. Reid stamped its droning bass ostinato with a weighty authority, laying into an open string, while Mr. Lewis played a sly rhythmic game of tension and release.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2014
Correctly done, a brilliance results, especially in scale and passage work, which can be acquired in no other manner, each note partaking somewhat of the quality of the open string.
From Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers by Martens, Frederick Herman
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