BEOLINGUS
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ein Saiteninstrument zupfen {vt}; auf einem Saiteninstrument zupfen {vi} [mus.] to pluck; to pick [Am.] a stringed instrument; to pluck; to pick [Am.] on a stringed instrument [listen] [listen]

zupfend picking; plucking [listen]

gezupft picked; plucked

Er zupfte leise auf einem Banjo. He was softly plucking on a banjo.

Saiteninstrument {n}; Saitenklinger {m} [mus.] stringed instrument; string instrument; chordophone

Saiteninstrumente {pl}; Saitenklinger {pl} stringed instruments; string instruments; chordophones

zweichöriges Saiteninstrument; doppelchöriges Saiteninstrument stringed instrument with two-string courses

dreichöriges Saiteninstrument stringed instrument with three-string courses

vierchöriges Saiteninstrument stringed instrument with four-string courses

Tonabnehmer {m} (Audio) [techn.] pick-up; pickup (audio)

Tonabnehmer {pl} pick-ups; pickups

Mono-Tonabnehmer {m} monophonic pick-up; mono pickup

Schallloch-Tonabnehmer {m} (an einem Saiteninstrument) soundhole pickup (attached to a stringed instrument)

aktiver/passiver Tonabnehmer active/passive pick-up