sympathetic strings

noun. a thin wire string, as in various obsolete musical instruments, designed to vibrate sympathetically with the bowed or plucked strings to reinforce the sound.

Sympathetic strings are used to enhance the sound of an instrument. Some instruments have only a few sympathetic strings such as the Hardanger fiddle (pictured above right).

and the sitar, possess numerous sympathetic strings tuned according to the notes of the mode being played. The South Asian fiddle, sarangi, has some two to three dozen sympathetic strings; the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle (Hardingfele) has four or five sympathetic strings; and the viola d'amore typically has seven.

A string is the vibrating element that produces sound in string instruments such as the guitar, harp, piano (piano wire), and members of the violin family. Strings are lengths of a flexible material that a musical instrument holds under tension so that they can vibrate freely, but controllably.

For example, if one strikes a tuning fork, its vibrations will cause vibrations in a nearby, similarly-tuned tuning fork. This latter phenomenon – in which the vibrations in one object produce vibrations in another – is called sympathetic resonance.

The Indian sitar, as well as some types of lutes and guitars, have sympathetic strings that are not played, but resonate in sympathy with strings that are plucked.

For example, if two strings are tuned at the unison and we pluck one of them, the second string will respond to the vibration, producing the same sound. The phenomenon is known as sympathetic resonance or sympathetic vibration.

: to tie, hang, or fasten with string. d. : to put together (words, ideas, etc.) like objects threaded on a string. strung her thoughts together.

Strings are used for storing text/characters. For example, "Hello World" is a string of characters. Unlike many other programming languages, C does not have a String type to easily create string variables.

When a sound wave of one frequency strikes a surface (a wall, for example) that will vibrate naturally at the same frequency, that vibration is called sympathetic vibration. Any reinforcement (increase) of sound resulting from the sympathetic vibration is called resonance.

And then strike the C an octave lower what will happen is the damper pedal will keep this C from vibrating.

Plucked string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by plucking the strings. Plucking is a way of pulling and releasing the string in such a way as to give it an impulse that causes the string to vibrate. Plucking can be done with either a finger or a plectrum.