Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having three strings: said of musical instruments: as, a three-stringed viol.
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Examples
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Started by phin three-stringed, pear-shaped lute player and rickshaw driver Noppadol Duangporn, he wanted to revive the music of his native Isan.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Rediscovering Legacies in India, Thailand and Indonesia Derek Beres 2011
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Started by phin three-stringed, pear-shaped lute player and rickshaw driver Noppadol Duangporn, he wanted to revive the music of his native Isan.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Rediscovering Legacies in India, Thailand and Indonesia Derek Beres 2011
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Played on the eponymous three-stringed, pear-shaped instrument (it looks like a small violin, but is held upright on the knee and bowed horizontally) and accompanied by verses of rhyming couplets (or mantinades) that are "rapped", Crete's musical legacy has a rough quality – not unlike tsikoudia, the local firewater that's served at lyra gigs.
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Played on the eponymous three-stringed, pear-shaped instrument (it looks like a small violin, but is held upright on the knee and bowed horizontally) and accompanied by verses of rhyming couplets (or mantinades) that are "rapped", Crete's musical legacy has a rough quality – not unlike tsikoudia, the local firewater that's served at lyra gigs.
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The Monsters of Shamisen rock, even though they're playing a traditional Japanese instrument, a three-stringed lute that's plucked with a plectrum that looks like an windshield scraper.
Gil Asakawa: Monsters of Shamisen Rock in Colorado Concert Gil Asakawa 2011
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Started by phin three-stringed, pear-shaped lute player and rickshaw driver Noppadol Duangporn, he wanted to revive the music of his native Isan.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Rediscovering Legacies in India, Thailand and Indonesia Derek Beres 2011
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The Monsters of Shamisen rock, even though they're playing a traditional Japanese instrument, a three-stringed lute that's plucked with a plectrum that looks like an windshield scraper.
Gil Asakawa: Monsters of Shamisen Rock in Colorado Concert Gil Asakawa 2011
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Bassekou plays a three-stringed instrument, the Ngoni, that is the precursor to the banjo.
Julia Moulden: Who Would You Invite to Your Dream Dinner Party? 2010
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Bassekou plays a three-stringed instrument, the Ngoni, that is the precursor to the banjo.
Julia Moulden: Who Would You Invite to Your Dream Dinner Party? 2010
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“Doctor Zhivago” is also almost singlehandedly responsible for the brief popularization of the Balalaika, a three-stringed Russian guitar-like instrument.
Top 10 Grossing Movies Adjusted for Inflation » Scene-Stealers 2008
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