Guimbri

Arco

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Italian

play a stringed instrument with a bow as opposed to plucked or pizzicato; the bow of a stringed instrument

Bandora

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a plucked string instrument of the lute family, popular both as a solo and as an accompanying instrument to songs of the sixt…

Walking bass

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a bass line that moves steadily in a rhythm contrasting to that of the upper parts; in jazz, a walking bass usually moves by…

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…

Chord Inversion

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Theory

Inversions rearrange chord tones while keeping chord identity. For triads: root position: root in bass first inversion: third…

Purfling

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an inlay of wood placed along or just inside the border of the belly and back of instruments of the stringed instrument famil…

Gottuvadhyam

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instrument played in Southern India with six playing strings which pass over the top of the instrument, three drone strings a…

Hurdy-gurdy

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stringed instrument in which the strings are set into vibration by the action of a hand cranked rosined wheel