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(music) A brace used to join two or more staves.
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Alternative spelling of afterlength [(music, lutherie) The shorter length of string between the bridge and the tailpiece of a stringed instrument, on the other side from that which is usually played.]
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Alternative spelling of afterlength [(music, lutherie) The shorter length of string between the bridge and the tailpiece of a stringed instrument, on the other side from that which is usually played.]
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(music, lutherie) The shorter length of string between the bridge and the tailpiece of a stringed instrument, on the other side from that which is usually played.
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Alternative form of air guitar [(intransitive) To mime the action of playing a guitar.]
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(music) A portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.
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(lutherie) One who builds, repairs, and restores the bows of instruments in the violin family.
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(music, transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio.
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(music) One of those musical sections.
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Alternative form of barbat [(historical) An ancient Persian plucked lute with a pear-shaped body, a flat belly, an angled back near the pegbox, and a fretless neck.]
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(colloquial, barbershop music) A baritone (singer)
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(lutherie) A narrow length of wood affixed to, or occasionally carved from, the inside of the top plate of a violin-family instrument.
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Alternative spelling of bass bar [(lutherie) A narrow length of wood affixed to, or occasionally carved from, the inside of the top plate of a violin-family instrument.]
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Alternative spelling of bass bar [(lutherie) A narrow length of wood affixed to, or occasionally carved from, the inside of the top plate of a violin-family instrument.]
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(music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
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(lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
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(music, lutherie) A shaped piece of wood, plastic, etc. attached to the body of a violin or viola to aid in the positioning of the player's chin against on the instrument.
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Alternative form of endbutton [(lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.]
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Alternative form of endbutton [(lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.]
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(lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.
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(music, lutherie) The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.
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(music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.
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The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.
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A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape
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A pedal (foot-operated lever).
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To press down the string behind a fret.
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(music) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
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(music, chiefly lutherie) A thin strip of wood kerfed to allow easy bending and then glued inside the body of a string instrument along the rim between its two abutting sides to reinforce the joint.
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(music) A lever worked by the performer's knee, for regulating the air supply of a reed organ, etc.
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(historical, usually in the plural) Strings with which children were formerly guided while they were learning to walk.
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An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.
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A pair of cymbals, positioned at ankle height, operated by a pedal.
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(lutherie) The measurement of the length of the vibrating string from the nut to the bridge.
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(music) A simple musical instrument consisting of a string supported by a flexible wooden bearer.
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(music, stringed instruments) Τhe junction where the neck (fretted or unfretted) meets the body of a stringed instrument.
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(music, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
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Synonym of orchestra pit
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(lutherie) The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.
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A mechanical musical instrument that could imitate various instruments and generate sound effects.
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(music) An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
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(music) A stool with vertical foot levers that attach to the pedals of a piano, organ, or similar instrument, thereby assisting children and other players who cannot reach the pedals normally.
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(music) A flat board or panel that holds effects pedals for an electric guitar, along with the patchbay and power supply.
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(music) The part of a stringed instrument, at the end of the neck, that holds the pegs or mechanical tuners used to control string tension.
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a type of stiff but relatively thin solid wire that is used for piano strings.
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(music) A metallic cover of various alloys, which covers a guitar pickup in order to change its tone; Almost always a humbucker cover.
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(not comparable) Covered in pitch.
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(music) A long board drilled with holes to support the pipes as part of an organ.
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(music) A metal implement for adjusting the tuning wires in a pipe organ.
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(music) A bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bond in such a way that binding can be moved so that it varies the tightness of the binding.
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A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music.
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(lutherie) The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.
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(music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
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(lutherie) A wooden rod located inside the body of a violin-family instrument, close to the treble-side bridge foot.
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A thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument and serves to reinforce its sound
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Alternative spelling of sound post [(lutherie) A wooden rod located inside the body of a violin-family instrument, close to the treble-side bridge foot.]
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(music) Any of a number of stringed instruments in which the handle passes diametrically through the resonator and which are played with a bow.
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(music) A guitar effect unit which can be controlled with the foot
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(music) A list of the stops found on a particular organ.
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(music) A metal plate bearing the spring-block of a pianoforte.
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(architecture) A stringpiece.
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(music, lutherie) A cord which loops through the tailpiece and around the endpin of stringed musical instruments, and which is held at tension by a knot to secure the tailpiece to the body, traditionally made only of gut but now also made of nylon, wire and other synthetic materials.
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(music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
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An effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument.
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(music, lutherie, bowmaking) The metal slide attached to the frog and sitting between the frog and the stick of a bow.
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Synonym of wah-wah pedal
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An acoustic locator, vaguely resembling a tuba, used (by Japan during the World Wars) to provide early warning of incoming aircraft.
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A loudspeaker that produces low-frequency sound.
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(music) A wooden block in the pianoforte, often made of several pieces, into which the wrest-pins are driven.
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Synonym of Yagi-Uda antenna
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