| CAPO | What clamp is attached across the strings of a guitar etc to raise the pitch? (4) |
| PLECTRUM | Implement for plucking strings of a guitar, etc. (8) |
| TYRE | Where a wheel clamp is placed, in London |
| OVER | In cricket, what is a sequence of six balls bowled from one end of the pitch? (4) |
| TUNE | Adjust as strings of a guitar |
| WOLF | Large canine such as Rudyard Kipling's Akela; or, a non-harmonic note or tone made by the bow on a string of a violin or cello (4) |
| STRUM | Sweep the thumb across the strings of a guitar (5) |
| CORD | Latin gut string of a lyre, today's dressing-gown tie, flex or thin rope (4) |
| STRUMS | Sounds the strings of a guitar or banjo with the sweep of a thumb or plectrum (6) |
| BRIDGE | Piece of wood supporting the strings of a violin, guitar etc |
| OBOE | Wind up on the pitch? |
| PICKAXE | Pluck the strings of a guitar that’s needed for hard rock? |
| THRUM | Sound the strings of a guitar produce when beginner tests harmonious, rather uplifting melody |
| HARMONICS | The overtones of a fundamental note, as produced by lightly touching the string of a stringed instrument at one of its node points while playing |
| PIZZICATO | Pulling the strings of a violin etc. with fingers rather than by using the bow (9) |
| STRUMMED | Sounded the strings of, a guitar perhaps |
| DAMPENER | A device that reduces vibration, such as on the strings of a tennis racket (8) |
| LIFTUPYOURVOICE | Raise the pitch of your speech and sing! (4,2,4,5) |
| SHARP | An accidental that raises the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone |
| PLUCK | Pull at the strings of a musical instrument (5) |
