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Synonyms for g string

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jee-string
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒiˌstrɪŋ

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Définition of g string

Origin :
  • 1878, geestring, "loincloth worn by American Indian," originally the string that holds it up, etymology unknown. The spelling with G (1882) is perhaps from influence of violin string tuned to a G (in this sense G string is first recorded 1831), the lowest and heaviest of the violin strings. First used of women's attire 1936, with reference to strip-teasers.
  • I AM the spirit of the silver "G":I am silvered sadness,I am moonlit gladness,I am that fine madnessOf reverence half, and half of ecstasy[from "Spirit of the 'G' String," Alfred L. Donaldson, in "Songs of My Violin," 1901]
  • As in underwear : noun clothing worn under outerwear
Example sentences :
  • Very soon he was sleeping, snoring on the G string with unsparing pressure.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • It answered like the G string of an old Strad to every emotion.
  • Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath
  • Let us consider, for a moment, the performances on the G string.
  • Extract from : « Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work » by Stephen Samuel Stratton
  • Lætitia wasn't going to deny Dr. Vereker, evidently, or else there really was something very engrossing about her G string.
  • Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
  • He was censured for his partiality in this direction, but in these days every violinist plays a solo on the G string.
  • Extract from : « Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work » by Stephen Samuel Stratton
  • Later the first violins (on the G string) sing the main air with the saxophone.
  • Extract from : « Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies » by Philip H. Goepp
  • This is the genuine and original cause of my prejudice in favour for the G string.
  • Extract from : « Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work » by Stephen Samuel Stratton
  • The G string should be 8/32 of an inch above the finger–board at its larger extremity; the E string, 5/32 of an inch.
  • Extract from : « Ole Bull » by Sara C. Bull
  • In desperation he tore the strings from his violin and played, with all his power, several sentimental songs on the G string only.
  • Extract from : « Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday » by Henry C. Lahee
  • In the middle register, passages played forte or fortissimo will have a richness comparable to the G string of a violin.
  • Extract from : « Music: An Art and a Language » by Walter Raymond Spalding
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