Keytar
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A relatively lightweight keyboard or synthesizer supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders, as a guitar is supported by a guitar strap.
"Not only did we get to watch them jump around doing metal faces and scissor kicks while playing matching keytars in a fog of smoke, but afterward, when we went back to their studio to shoot them some more, the band started casually jamming out, singing beautiful country folk songs and making songs up on the spot in perfect four-part harmony."
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More examples"Not only did we get to watch them jump around doing metal faces and scissor kicks while playing matching keytars in a fog of smoke, but afterward, when we went back to their studio to shoot them some more, the band started casually jamming out, singing beautiful country folk songs and making songs up on the spot in perfect four-part harmony."
Etymology
Blend of keyboard + guitar.
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