the device, normally made of wood, that transfers energy from a vibrating string to the belly, table or soundboard; the B section of an A-A-B-A song form
Bridge
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Binary form
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a musical form made up of two sections sometimes termed A and B
Belly
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the upper surface of a stringed instrument on which the bridge rests, also called the table
Bass bar
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a strip of wood glued under the belly of a sound board to support one foot of the bridge and to improve the instrument's bass…
Barre
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a device that clamps to the neck of a plucked string instrument and which change its tuning by shortening the sounding length…
Pipa
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a Chinese lute like instrument dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221 206 BC) bearing four strings, with a pear shaped body made…
Ternary form
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a three section form in which the first section A is repeated, often with some changes, after a middle section B, thus the fo…
Tuning peg
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a peg, usually of wood, or a pin, usually of steel, around which a string runs, and which, when turned, increases or decrease…
Tuning pin
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a peg, usually of wood, or a pin, usually of steel, around which a string runs, and which, when turned, increases or decrease…