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From Wikipedia
In music, strings are long flexible structures on string instruments that produce sound through vibration. Strings are held under tension so that they can vibrate freely. The pitch (frequency) at which a string will vibrate is primarily related to its vibrating length (also called speaking length), its tension, and its mass per unit of length. A vibrating string produces very little sound by itself. Therefore, most string instruments have a soundboard to amplify the sound.
There are two main kinds of strings; plain and wound. "Plain" strings are one piece of long cylindrical material, commonly consisted of nylon, gut, or steel. "Wound" strings have a central core, with other material being tightly wound around the string.
Questions people ask
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- How does string gauge affect a guitar's sound and playability? · Music SE
- Why does string strummed with finger sound different from the one strummed with pick? · Music SE
- Why does conventional playing style give the string manipulation to the left hand? · Music SE
- Do I need to have my guitar re-set up if I change the string gauge · Music SE
- Why do string instruments need hollow bodies? · Physics SE
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Sources & credits
- Beethoven - String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6 - III. Scherzo (Musopen… by Ludwig van Beethoven – Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Beethoven - String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6 - II. Adagio, ma non… by Ludwig van Beethoven – Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Mozart - String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance' - II. Andante cantabile… by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 - I. Allegro vivace assai (Musopen… by Felix Mendelssohn – Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Borodin - String Quartet No. 2 in D major - I. Allegro moderato (Musopen String Quartet) by Alexander Borodin – Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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