a húrok közé csap

English translation: hits the strings, strikes the chords

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Hungarian term or phrase:a húrok közé csap
English translation:hits the strings, strikes the chords
Entered by: Katalin Horváth McClure

01:43 Apr 10, 2010
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Music
Hungarian term or phrase: a húrok közé csap
Például egy ilyen mondatban:
Az együttes kellemes és semleges stílusban „csap a húrok közé".
Katalin Horváth McClure
United States
Local time: 06:47
hit the strings
Explanation:
Nem tudom, hogy "ensemble", "group" vagy "band" stílusról van-e szó, de a magyar és az angol kifejezés nagyon hasonló, és bármilyen zenénél használható.

When their bows hit the strings, the crowd grew silent, as the music took us many places. www.rvsq.com/

...he hit the strings like hell unchained when he wanted to really get some sound out ... www.gibson.com › Gibson › Lifestyle › Features

Virtuoso at work: He hit the strings with a closed fist and stroked them with an open palm. He strummed with choppy strokes, clawed the strings or... query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res...
...the man's rough-and-tumble style screamed and hollered the blues whenever he hit the strings...
www.answers.com/topic/in-the-50s-hit-git-split
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juvera
Local time: 10:47
Grading comment
Köszi szépen, én végül a "strikes the chords" megoldást választottam, többek között azért, mert itt az "együttes" egy hifi szettre utal, annak a hangzásáról van szó, szóval kicsit átvitt értelemben van az egész, és a strikes a chord is hasonlóan többértelmű.
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hit the strings


Explanation:
Nem tudom, hogy "ensemble", "group" vagy "band" stílusról van-e szó, de a magyar és az angol kifejezés nagyon hasonló, és bármilyen zenénél használható.

When their bows hit the strings, the crowd grew silent, as the music took us many places. www.rvsq.com/

...he hit the strings like hell unchained when he wanted to really get some sound out ... www.gibson.com › Gibson › Lifestyle › Features

Virtuoso at work: He hit the strings with a closed fist and stroked them with an open palm. He strummed with choppy strokes, clawed the strings or... query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res...
...the man's rough-and-tumble style screamed and hollered the blues whenever he hit the strings...
www.answers.com/topic/in-the-50s-hit-git-split

juvera
Local time: 10:47
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Köszi szépen, én végül a "strikes the chords" megoldást választottam, többek között azért, mert itt az "együttes" egy hifi szettre utal, annak a hangzásáról van szó, szóval kicsit átvitt értelemben van az egész, és a strikes a chord is hasonlóan többértelmű.

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