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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

While the duo put much of their collaboration with local artists on hold, they were able to work remotely with others, including the New Orleans composer and string player known as Free Feral.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

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

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