1) American animation 2) Barrel organ 3) Choral instrument 4) Hand organ 5) Instrument 6) Melodic instrument 7) Musical device 8) Musical implement 9) Music machine 10) Musical gizmo 11) Musical gadget 12) Musical apparatus 13) Musical instrument 14) Musical doodad
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1) Russian device 2) Russian symphonic instrument 3) Russian musical device 4) Russian music apparatus 5) Russian melodic device 6) Russian musical instrument 7) Russian melodic apparatus 8) Russian apparatus 9) Russian music device 10) Russian symphonic equipment 11) Russian symphonic device 12) Russian melodic equipment
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The hurdy gurdy or hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument that produces sound by a crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin. Melodies are played on a keyboard that presses tangents — small wedges, typically made ...
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• (n.) A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys. • (n.) In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of...
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squat, pear-shaped fiddle having strings that are sounded not by a bow but by the rosined rim of a wooden wheel turned by a handle at the ... [1 related articles]
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Hur'dy-gur`dy noun [ Prob. of imitative origin.]
1. A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by ...
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a mechanical development of the violin with the strings vibrated by a wheel, and keys stopping the strings. found throughout Europe. See also Vielle and Nyckelharpa.
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A hurdy-gurdy is a musical instrument of ancient origin, popular among most of the European nations during the 19th century. It consists of a flat rectangular sounding board, upon which are stretched four to six strings of catgut or sometimes wire, two of which are carried directly to the tailpiece, and tuned in unison, and one or both are stopped ...
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a barrel organ or similar musical instrument played by turning a crank. · a lute- or guitar-shaped stringed musical instrument sounded by the revolution against the strings of a rosined wheel turned by a crank.
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