| CHORDS | Strings of an instrument |
| COLLEGNO | Musical direction to play the strings of an instrument by striking them with the back of the bow; Italian, 'with the wood' (3,5) |
| SPICCATO | Technique in which the bow bounces lightly on the strings of an instrument (8) |
| STAMEN | The warp of the loom, so a thread, or even the string of an instrument |
| BASSIST | A low-note musician who plucks the fat strings of an electric guitar, keeps the beats down low and provides the rhythmic foundation for funk, jazz, R&B, reggae, rock or ska (7) |
| TELESCOPIC | (Of an instrument) capable of being retracted and protruded (10) |
| FLUTTER | Maker of an instrument gripping end of cricket bat (7) |
| LYRIC | Type of poem traditionally to be sung to the accompaniment of an instrument associated with Hermes or Orpheus (5) |
| GEIGER | Hans ---, German physicist and developer of an instrument for the detection of radiation (6) |
| UTUBE | Part of an instrument measuring fluid pressure |
| DIAL | Part of an instrument panel. |
| TUNING | Adjusting the pitch of an instrument (6) |
| BASSOON | Fool taking round gift of an instrument (7) |
| SORDINO | Damper to soften sound of an instrument (7) |
| SOUNDBOX | Part of an instrument (5-3) |
| MARIMBA | Graduates around edge of an instrument (7) |
| ORGAN | The heart, say, of an instrument (5) |
| MUSICIAN | Player of an instrument (8) |
| REGISTER | The compass of an instrument or voice (8) |
| LOOT | Spoil the sound of an instrument |
