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Noun Concept
Categories: Country music, Extended techniques, Vocabulary and usage stubs, Nasalization
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twang  Twangy
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A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string) WordNet 3.0
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A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Twang is an onomatopoeia originally used to describe the sound of a vibrating bow string after the arrow is released. Wikipedia
Sound of a resonating string, or, by extension, a nasal vocal resonation. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Singing technique Wikidata
The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument. Wiktionary
Sound of a tight string. Wiktionary (translation)
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sound
vocal technique
vocal resonation
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Twangy

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