the point at which a string, such as that on a guitar, is plucked relative to the nut. The smaller the distance to the plucking point the more nasal the tone.
Plucking point
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Preparation
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a harmonic device in which a note which causes a chord to be discordant is used in the previous chord within which it is conc…
Back-plucked
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string plucked far from the nut thus producing a round and flutelike tone
Barre
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French
a device that clamps to the neck of a plucked string instrument and which change its tuning by shortening the sounding length…
Riddle canon
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a canon in which the composer has left it to the performer to choose at which point and at which pitch the following voice(s)…
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…
Apoyando
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Technique
Apoyando is commonly used to produce a stronger, projecting tone for melody lines. The plucking finger follows through and re…
Conjunct
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in which a theme moves by no more than a tone or semitone from one note to the next