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tiple

American  
[tee-play] / ˈti pleɪ /

noun

  • tiples
    plural
  1. a small guitarlike instrument whose short strings make a high-pitched sound, used especially in Spanish and Latin American music.


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The filmmakers reflected on how those musicians in the small mountain town of Barichara strummed guitars and the region’s 12-string tiple in a waltz time signature.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021

Synthesizers hoot and snort, but there’s also the gleaming sound of lead parts played on the tiple, a small Colombian guitar.

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2014

One of the more coherent of the mul tiple story lines concerns Barnabas' quest for a bride.

From Time Magazine Archive

Uke-songs for ukulele, tiple, taro-patch, banjo-ukulele, and the piano, edited by F. Henri Klickmann, with a pref. by May Singhi Breen. © 5Aug24, A805421.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1952 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

The strumming of a tiple in the distance attracted him.

From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

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