And the plucked strings give the works a transparency more akin to a keyboard performance than a bowed one.

Dimly, she heard the sound of plucked strings.

The piece is scored for plucked strings.

There was no tune to it, but it possessed a curious twanging quality as of plucked strings.

The music had been rising to a crescendo of plucked strings that augmented Baedecker's growing anxiety.

Several effects used here are reminiscent of the wall of sound, such as plucked strings sounding like raindrops.

The water fell to the ground in rainbowed droplets, each a musical note singing like the plucked strings of a harp.

The minuet includes a trio in the bassoon accompanied by plucked strings.

Electrified plucked strings will make all sorts of sounds on this double bill.

A player can use either hand to mute the vibration of the plucked strings, which is called "blocking" or muting.