n
A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
v
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To move (the hand or fingers) against a surface as if playing arpeggios on a keyboard; to touch different points in succession along a surface.
n
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
n
(journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
n
(music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
n
(music) movement from the frog to the tip on the bow of a stringed instrument
n
(music) A note performed on a string instrument by drawing the bow downward or to the right across the instrument, moving its point of contact from the frog toward the tip of the bow.
n
(music) A slur in which the pitch of the note descends.
n
The action or the result of downtuning a guitar
n
Highly vocal and visible support given to a cause.
n
The gong by which the time so indicated is struck.
n
A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
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(music) Abbreviation of glissando. [(music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).]
n
(music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).
n
(music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
n
(construction) A bat (brick with one whole end) that is exactly half the length of the original brick.
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A stringed instrument playing technique performed (especially on guitar) by sharply bringing a fretting-hand finger down on the fingerboard behind a fret, causing a note to sound.
n
(music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
v
(transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
n
(music) An electric guitar playing technique in which the edge of the pick (plectrum) is scraped across two strings down the neck towards the nut, creating a descending scratching sound.
n
A device that emits a short, high-pitched sound burst, such as in sonar or other echo location systems.
v
To cover or smear with pitch.
adv
(music) To be played by plucking the strings instead of using the bow.
n
The trust-inspiring sound, tenor, or impression of being truthful.
n
(music) The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.
adv
(music) Played with a rapid, bouncing stroke of the bow on a stringed instrument.
n
A singing technique in which the singer begins by singing a note slightly below the desired pitch, and then slides up to it.
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(music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
n
(music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
n
(music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
n
A cheerleading move with outstretched arms and fingers wiggling up and down.
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(historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
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(music) A bow or pluck of a string or strings of a stringed instrument; also, the manner in which a musical instrument is played; hence, a melody, a tune.
adj
Plugged with a tampion.
n
(music) a stroke of the strings (of a guitar for example) made with the thumb
v
(slang) To play the piano.
n
(music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
v
(transitive) To summon by ringing a bell.
n
(music, piano, when playing scales on piano keys) The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
n
(music) movement from the tip to the frog on the bow of a stringed instrument
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