Definitions
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- noun music A relatively
lightweight keyboard orsynthesizer supported by astrap around the neck and shoulders, as aguitar is supported by a guitar strap.
Etymologies
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Examples
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This hybrid refers to a keytar, which is nothing like an oboe.
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This means that Cadence is going to become the "keytar" of bike shops.
Synthesis: Putting It Together BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Apparently, becoming the "keytar" of bike shops involves selling cheaper bikes.
Synthesis: Putting It Together BikeSnobNYC 2009
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I missed the final bid, but there was a Yamaha SH-10 "keytar" closing just a few minutes later which I did win at a bargain price.
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Reevo at Ektopia has this story about Livid Instruments' video-playing guitar, which seems to take the 'keytar' concept onto a whole new level.
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I'm not sure that "keytar" is an appropriate name for it, either, but it does sound better than a "gitboard".
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Article:Who takes credit for the 'keytar' or 'key-tar'?
SFGate: Top News Stories Peter Hartlaub 2010
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But when you can rock a "keytar" the way Woodhands singer Dan Werb demonstrated, you can be a dick to your critics without batting an eye.
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That ride isn't even the most ostentatious of the night, an honour that belongs to the aerialist who travels the length of one side of the stadium hidden in a balloon apparently from Roswell before emerging in a Tron-style outfit to delight patrons in the stands with some close up acrobatics on the return journey, Drummer Dom Howard and bassist Chris Wolstenholme enjoy their own trip on the platform mid-set as they riff and roll while Bellamy fetches his hybrid "keytar" for Undisclosed Desires.
Londonist 2010
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That ride isn't even the most ostentatious of the night, an honour that belongs to the aerialist who travels the length of one side of the stadium hidden in a balloon apparently from Roswell before emerging in a Tron-style outfit to delight patrons in the stands with some close up acrobatics on the return journey, Drummer Dom Howard and bassist Chris Wolstenholme enjoy their own trip on the platform mid-set as they riff and roll while Bellamy fetches his hybrid "keytar" for Undisclosed Desires.
Londonist 2010
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