What is String (music)?
[[Image:Flatwound 01.JPG|thumb|Flatwound strings on [[Fretless guitar|fretless bass]] guitar]] A '''string''' in music is a [[string]] made of steel, nylon, or gut which [[Vibrating string|vibrates]] on [[string instrument]]s, such as the [[guitar]], [[harp]], [[piano]], or [[violin]]. They are usually under [[tension (mechanics)|tension]] to help them vibrate. == Other websites == *[http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/string/Fixed.html The vibrations of strings with both ends fixed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219194621/http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/string/Fixed.html |date=2005-12-19 }} *[http://www.nrinstruments.demon.co.uk/About.html Historical types of string] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930043422/http://www.nrinstruments.demon.co.uk/About.html |date=2008-09-30 }} *[http://www.liutaiomottola.com/formulae/tension.htm String Tension] - technical information on string tension, with tension calculator [[Category:String instrument construction]]