Each of a group of additional wire strings fitted to certain stringed instruments to give extra resonance.
共鸣弦
Example sentencesExamples
Since the late 18th century, most of the music written for the viola d' amore calls for an instrument with seven playing and seven sympathetic strings, tuned in a D major chord, A d a d' f#' a'd".
According to the German musicologist Kai Koepp, the viola d' amore without sympathetic strings existed long before the generally known type described above by Mozart.
After decorating the body comes the attaching of strings to produce pure and perfect notes without any sympathetic strings or tarap as in the sitar or sarod.
Some instruments have as many as 15 sympathetic strings tuned to different notes of the scale.
Maybe 17 strings, with sympathetic strings, like a sitar.
It has three to four main playing strings and about a dozen sympathetic strings.
Definition of sympathetic string in US English:
sympathetic string
noun
Each of a group of additional wire strings fitted to certain stringed instruments to give extra resonance.
共鸣弦
Example sentencesExamples
After decorating the body comes the attaching of strings to produce pure and perfect notes without any sympathetic strings or tarap as in the sitar or sarod.
Some instruments have as many as 15 sympathetic strings tuned to different notes of the scale.
According to the German musicologist Kai Koepp, the viola d' amore without sympathetic strings existed long before the generally known type described above by Mozart.
Since the late 18th century, most of the music written for the viola d' amore calls for an instrument with seven playing and seven sympathetic strings, tuned in a D major chord, A d a d' f#' a'd".
It has three to four main playing strings and about a dozen sympathetic strings.
Maybe 17 strings, with sympathetic strings, like a sitar.