&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Question_book-new.svg){kind=small} | This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2014) |
The action of a string instrument that is plucked, strummed, or bowed by hand is the distance between the fingerboard and the string. 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).