a small piece of plastic, wood, bone, leather, quill, or whatever, used to pluck a string
Plectrum
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small piece of plastic (or other material including metal, bone or shell) that is used to strum or pluck stringed instruments…
Leather plectrum
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a plectrum made of leather
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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…
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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…
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a piece of metal or wood at the lower end of a stringed instrument to which the strings are attached
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a piece that is played before another piece or group of pieces
Open string
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an unstopped string