small piece of plastic (or other material including metal, bone or shell) that is used to strum or pluck stringed instruments of the guitar family
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Plectrum
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a small piece of plastic, wood, bone, leather, quill, or whatever, used to pluck a string
Pegbox
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where on stringed instruments the tuning pegs or, in the case of instrument fitted with a worm gear system, machine heads use…
Pegdisc
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where on stringed instruments the tuning pegs or, in the case of instrument fitted with a worm gear system, machine heads use…
Pluck
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by picking or pulling them with fingers or a pick, cause the strings on a stringed instrument to vibrate
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…
Tail piece
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a piece of metal or wood at the lower end of a stringed instrument to which the strings are attached
Timple
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a small guitar with 12 metal strings used in Spain, Colombia, Puerto Rico and other Spanish speaking countries
Bandurria
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small 12 string mandolin type instrument, played with a pick, with a very short wide neck and 14 metal frets, popular in Spai…