plectrum

The reason I sent you down from upstairs... was because of the plectrum.
La raison pour laquelle je vous ai fait descendre... était ce plectre.
Can you play the lute without using a plectrum?
Peux-tu jouer du luth sans utiliser de plectre ?
The guitarrist was plucking the guitar strings with a plectrum.
Le guitariste pinçait les cordes de la guitare avec un médiator.
I need to get a plectrum to pluck the strings of my guitar.
J'ai besoin d'acheter un médiator pour gratter les cordes de ma guitare.
Since I didn't have a plectrum, I played the guitar using a coin.
Comme je n'avais pas de médiator, j'ai joué de la guitare avec une pièce de monnaie.
I don't know if I'm going to play this song with my fingers or with the plectrum.
Je ne sais pas si je vais jouer cette chanson avec les doigts ou avec le médiator.
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