Assertion: lute's string | /r/MadeOf | gut
Facets:
value: always
type: TEMPORAL
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Strings may be made of GUT or METAL, but as a side note, Scottish and Irish harps had strings made from brass wire, not gut.
text: Strings were historically made of animal gut, usually from the small intestine of sheep (sometimes in combination with metal) and are still made of gut or a synthetic substitute, with metal windings on the lower-pitched strings.
text: The strings of the guitar were made of gut –
text: Historically, strings were made of gut, which is still a preferred material today and modern instruments are mounted with violin (D or A) and cello (
text: An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern acoustic and electric guitars, both of which use metal strings.
text: In its most developed form, the vihuela was a guitar-like instrument with six double strings made of gut, tuned like a modern classical guitar with the exception of the third string, which was tuned half a step lower.
text: The fact that the added bass strings need not be fretted, and thus do not need to pass over the fingerboard at all, combined with the inherent deficiency in the tone quality of relatively short strings made of gut and tuned to low pitches, led to another trend.
text: Strings were historically made of gut (or extremely rarely of metal), and are still made of gut or a synthetic substitute, with metal windings on the lower-pitched strings as on a classical guitar.
text: The strings, made of gut, are arranged in pairs–the courses, being tuned either in unison or at the octave.
text: Strings are generally made of nylon or gut, and are plucked with a plectrum known as a risha or mizrap.
text: The strings, made of gut, are arranged in pairs—the courses, being tuned either in unison or at the octave.
text: The strings of the ayr are always made of gut and the bridge and neck of the instrument are often inlaid with small pieces of ivory or bone.