guitarlike
Resembling a fretted instrument
Resembling or suggestive of a guitar in shape, sound, or playing technique: The lute produces a guitarlike tone.
Used to describe stringed instruments or sounds that evoke guitar qualities without being actual guitars.
Deeply vibrating with sound
- twangySharp vibrating sound quality
- acousticRelating to sound
- mellowSoft, ripe, relaxed
- brightEmitting or reflecting light
warm · ringing · sustained · percussive · plucked · strummed · vibrato · reverberant
Pear-bodied fretted strings
- ukuleleSmall Hawaiian stringed instrument
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- sitarIndian plucked lute
oud · bouzouki · balalaika · kora · shamisen · tres · cuatro · lyre
resonant
Deeply vibrating with sound
bright · warm · ringing · sustained · percussive · plucked · strummed · vibrato · reverberant · woody
lute
Pear-bodied fretted strings
- ukuleleSmall Hawaiian stringed instrument
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
sitar · oud · bouzouki · balalaika · kora · shamisen · tres · cuatro · lyre · zither
strumming
Sweeping across guitar strings
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- pluckingRemoving by tugging
- chordsSimultaneous note combinations
arpeggios · fingerstyle · slide · fretting · bending · hammer-on · pull-off · barré · tremolo · pizzicato
fretboard
Stringed instrument's neck face
saddle · nut · frets · soundhole · peghead · tuning pegs · strings · rosette · pickguard · bracing
guitarlikepercussive
Relating to struck sounds
drumlike · unpitched · synthesized · electronic · pianistic
guitarlikepercussive
Relating to struck sounds
staccato · unpitched · atonal · harsh · mechanical
guitar, guitars, guitarist, guitarists, electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar