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string player

American  

noun

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


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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

Among the instrumental music, Harnoncourt goes back to his beginnings as a string player in the Cello Suites and the sonatas for viola da gamba, while Thomas Zehetmair plays the solo-violin works.

From The Guardian Apr. 17, 2013

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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