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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

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

The brilliant young string player, all of 18, performed Sunday at the Kennedy Center.

From Washington Post Jan. 28, 2014

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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