English Explanatory Dictionary

slack-key

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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).

Word forms

slack-key slack key

Etymology

From a translation of the Hawaiian kī hōʻalu (“loosen the [tuning] key”).

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