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slack key

slack key is the alternative spelling of slack-key.

Meaning of slack-key

Adjective

slack-key (not comparable)

  1. (of a string instrument or a manner of playing one) Performed with loosened strings, such that all of the strings play in the same key (most often G major).
    • Spanish-style guitars played in the standard position, though probably in altered tunings slack-key fashion.2007, Tim Brookes, Guitar: An American Life, page 56

Questions about slack key

What is slack key the alternative spelling of?
Slack key is the alternative spelling of slack-key.

Words near slack key in the dictionary

  1. slack ass
  2. slack bob
  3. slack bobs
  4. slack fill
  5. slack fills
  6. slack key
  7. slack off
  8. slack space
  9. slack suit
  10. slack suits
  11. slack tub

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