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Sympathetic strings or resonance strings are auxiliary strings found on many Indian musical instruments, as well as some Western Baroque instruments and a variety of folk instruments. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Sympathetic stringA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Amour et sympathieThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Sympathetic String Modes in the Concert HarpCited 26 times
- Go sideways: Sympathetic resonanceA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Aliquot stringingA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Any of a set of auxiliary strings found on certain musical instruments, generally not played directly by the performer but used to provide resonance in response to the main strings.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Amour et sympathie · 1995
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