Action (music)

In the description of musical instruments, the term action has two completely different meanings.

  • In keyboard instruments, the action is the mechanism that translates the motion of the keys into the creation of sound (by plucking or striking the strings).
  • In stringed instruments that are plucked, strummed, or bowed by hand, the action is the physical distance between the fingerboard and the string.
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