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instrumento de cuerda

Definitions of instrumento de cuerda
  1. noun
    a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
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    types:
    banjo
    a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
    instrumento de cuerda con arco
    stringed instruments that are played with a bow
    clavicordio
    an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
    dulcémele
    a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
    guitarra, sonanta
    a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
    piano
    a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
    salterio
    an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
    cítara, sitar
    a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
    cítara
    a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
    guitarra acústica
    sound is not amplified by electrical means
    balalaica
    a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings
    contrabajo, violón
    largest and lowest member of the violin family
    violoncelista, violoncelo, violonchelo
    a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
    dulcémele
    a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
    guitarra eléctrica
    a guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means
    piano de cola
    a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
    arpa, harpa
    a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
    clavicémbalo
    a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
    laúd
    chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
    mandolina
    a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
    piano de manubio, pianola
    a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
    ukelele
    a small guitar having four strings
    piano vertical
    a piano with a vertical sounding board
    viola
    any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
    viola
    a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
    violín
    bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
    type of:
    instrumento, instrumento musical
    any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
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