Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
chordophone .
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The state of being so myopically focused on six-string chordophones tuned EAGDBE that one either (a) forgets or (b) never notices in the first place that other classes of chordophone exist -- leading to Craigslist ads with headlines like "Gibson for sale" and body copy that never directly mentions which type of instrument is being sold.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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The basic instrument types, or classifications, are aerophones (which generate sound through the vibration of air), chordophones (through the vibration of strings), membranophones
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The basic instrument types, or classifications, are aerophones (which generate sound through the vibration of air), chordophones (through the vibration of strings), membranophones
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The basic instrument types, or classifications, are aerophones (which generate sound through the vibration of air), chordophones (through the vibration of strings), membranophones
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