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string player

American  

noun

  1. a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.


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Banjo and string player Matt Worley was “Saving Grace’s” musical instigator, approaching Plant at a pub.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

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

Frey recruited Poco’s bassist, Randy Meisner, and Leadon, a masterful string player who had backed Gram Parsons in the Flying Burrito Brothers.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2016

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

Normally a string player holds a string down very tightly.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

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