Second, vibrations travel from one end of a slack string to the other more slowly than with a taut string, which produces a 'zinging' sound for some time after the pluck;
(vibrations; travel; from one end of a slack string to the other more slowly than with a taut string) (a taut string; produces; a 'zinging' sound; T:for some time after the pluck)
vibrations a taut string
travel produces
from one end of a slack string to the other more slowly than with a taut string
a 'zinging' sound T:for some time after the pluck