In music, strings are long flexible structures on string instruments that produce sound through vibration. Strings are held under tension so that they...

Stringed music is prominent in China, especially in the Jiangnan region, where it is the name of all the instruments made from wood and string. This form...

Strings The String (2009), a French film String (music), the flexible element that produces vibrations and sound in string instruments String instrument...

and gambas used in early music from the Baroque music era and fiddles used in many types of folk music). All of the bowed string instruments can also be...

shorts C string (music), one of the strings on various instruments, for example the lowest string on the viola and cello CString, a C string representation...

fundamentals of the two strings. In music, the term open string refers to the fundamental note of the unstopped, full string. The strings of a guitar are normally...

each musical line or part in choral music. ordinario (ord.) (Ital.) or position ordinaire (Fr.) In bowed string music, an indication to discontinue extended...

Teochew string music or Chaozhou xianshi (simplified Chinese: 潮州弦诗; traditional Chinese: 潮州弦詩; lit. 'Chaozhou string-poem' also called "string-poem music")...

rural folk culture, but 5-string and 4-string banjos also became popular for home parlor music entertainment, college music clubs, and early 20th century...

The String Cheese Incident (SCI) is an American jam band from Crested Butte and Telluride, Colorado, formed in 1993. The band is composed of Michael Kang...

A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than...

comes to mind when speaking of drone music. In America, most forms of the African-influenced banjo contain a drone string. Since the 1960s, the drone has become...

Adrian Stringer CBE (born 13 August 1962) is a British music industry executive. He has served as the chairman of Sony Music Group and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment...

The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century...

String music from Appenzell plays an important role in the instrumental practice of the region. The first songs from Appenzell originated in the 13th century...

Open string may refer to: Open string (music), a fundamental note of a stringed instrument Open string (physics), a string with endpoints in string theory...

A string band is an old-time music or jazz ensemble made up mainly or solely of string instruments. String bands were popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and...

"Air on the G String", also known as "Air for G String" and "Celebrated Air", is August Wilhelmj's 1871 arrangement of the second movement of Johann Sebastian...

Playing a string harmonic (a flageolet) is a string instrument technique that uses the nodes of natural harmonics of a musical string to isolate overtones...

is a genre of Thai music roughly equivalent to western pop. It emerged in the 1970s–80s, during which it was known as string music (Thai: เพลงสตริง),...

art music that is performed by a small number of performers, with one performer to a part (in contrast to orchestral music, in which each string part...

sonatas, symphonies, string quartets, and string quintets. Mozart also wrote many violin sonatas; other forms of chamber music; violin concertos, and...

Contemporary fiddler's conventions, music camps and festivals often use the terms "old-time" and "old-time string band" interchangeably, heavily weighted...

Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) is an American musical group from Los Angeles known for its series of tribute albums to rock and pop acts. VSQ is a series...

orchestras, the string sections may be relatively small, due to the challenges of finding enough string players. The music for a string section is not...

music, a string sextet is a composition written for six string instruments, or a group of six musicians who perform such a composition. Most string sextets...

numerals can also be used in stringed instrument notation to indicate the position or string to play. In some string music, the string on which it is suggested...

Schoenberg published four string quartets, distributed over his lifetime: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Opus 7 (1905), String Quartet No. 2 in F♯ minor...

The tar (from Persian: تار, lit. 'string') is a long-necked, waisted lute family instrument, used by many cultures and countries including Iran, Azerbaijan...

On a string instrument, position is the relative location of the hand on the instrument's neck, indicated by ordinal numbers (e.g., 3rd). Fingering, independent...