| accompany |
When you accompany one thing with another thing, you add the second thing to make the first thing better or more complete. You might accompany your guitar playing with the beat of a drum to make your sound more complete. You might accompany your sandwich with a glass of juice to make your lunch better. [1/3 definitions] |
| alternate |
"Alternate" means "every other." If you have a guitar lesson on alternate Tuesdays, then you have a lesson on one Tuesday, but then you skip the next Tuesday. Then you have a lesson again on the Tuesday after that, and so on. [1/7 definitions] |
| banjo |
A banjo is a musical instrument with strings. You hold a banjo like a guitar, but it has a different sound, shape, and way of playing. A banjo has a flat, round body and uses four or five strings. The banjo is often played in American folk music along with guitars and fiddles. |
| fret3 |
one of the ridges set across the neck of a stringed instrument such as a guitar or lute to mark where the fingers should press the strings for each note. |
| guitar |
A guitar is an instrument for playing music. It has a hollow body and a long neck. Attached to the guitar are strings that you press on with one hand and move across with your other hand to make sounds. |
| guitarist |
a person who plays the guitar, especially as a profession. |
| hand down |
If you have a guitar that has been handed down from your grandfather, it means that your grandfather gave it to your father, and your father gave it to you. When something is handed down, it goes from someone of one generation to someone in the next generation, and it often continues in that way, sometimes for many generations. |
| music |
Music is something made up of sounds that are put together in a way that people can enjoy. People can make music by playing instruments like the piano, guitar, or violin, or they can make music when they sing. [1/3 definitions] |
| musical |
When something is musical, it is part of music or it has to do with music. Music is something made up of sounds that are put together in a way that people can enjoy. People can make music by singing or by playing instruments like the piano, guitar, saxophone, or violin. [1/5 definitions] |
| neck |
We sometimes use the word neck for something that is narrow and near the top of something. The long narrow part of a guitar is called its neck. The narrow part of a bottle is its neck. [1/3 definitions] |
| pick1 |
A pick is a small piece of plastic sometimes used when playing a guitar or other instrument like a guitar. A pick lets you pull at a particular string to play a note. [1/9 definitions] |
| play |
When you play something like the guitar or piano, it means that you make music with it. [1/7 definitions] |
| player |
Someone who plays an instrument is called a player. Someone who plays a guitar is a guitar player. [1/3 definitions] |
| string |
A string is a thin cord or wire on a musical instrument such as a guitar or violin. The string makes a sound when played. [1/9 definitions] |
| stringed |
If something is stringed, it has strings attached to it that are used for something. We often use this word to describe musical instruments, such as the violin or guitar. |
| strum |
When you strum a guitar or similar instrument, you move your fingers lightly across all the strings in one movement. Sometimes people strum a guitar holding a small, flat, plastic thing called a "pick." |
| ukulele |
a musical instrument that looks like a small guitar with four strings. The ukulele was brought from Portugal to Hawaii, where it became very popular. |