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  2. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Strings & Courses Tuning(s) Alternative Names Origin Notes Picture Ektara: 1 string 1 course. No standard; string is tuned to any convenient pitch. Ektar, Iktar, Gopichand, Gobijeu India Epinette des Vosges: 6 strings [*] 6 courses. Common: G C G. France Typically three fretted strings; three drones, but the number of drones may vary widely.

  3. Regular tuning - Wikipedia

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    With six strings, major-thirds tuning has a smaller range than standard tuning; with seven strings, the major-thirds tuning covers the range of standard tuning on six strings. [11] [12] With the repetition of three open-string notes, each major-thirds tuning provides the guitarist with many options for fingering chords. Indeed, the fingering of ...

  4. Guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    The diagonal movement of chords is especially simple for the regular tunings that are repetitive, in which case chords can be moved vertically: Chords can be moved three strings up (or down) in major-thirds tuning, and chords can be moved two strings up (or down) in augmented-fourths tuning. Regular tunings thus appeal to new guitarists and ...

  5. Major thirds tuning - Wikipedia

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    For each M3 tuning, the open strings form an augmented triad in two octaves. For guitars with six strings, every major-third tuning repeats its three open-notes in two octaves, so providing many options for fingering chords. By repeating open-string notes and by having uniform intervals between strings, major-thirds tuning simplifies learning ...

  6. Musical tuning - Wikipedia

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    The pitches of open strings on a violin. Play ⓘ. In music, the term open string refers to the fundamental note of the unstopped, full string.. The strings of a guitar are normally tuned to fourths (excepting the G and B strings in standard tuning, which are tuned to a third), as are the strings of the bass guitar and double bass.

  7. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings

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    The most common way to represent the string tunings of many instruments is by a chord with all strings open. For instruments with many closely tuned strings, this is impractical, and for those with reentrant tunings it is positively misleading, so an arpeggio style may be used instead, spreading the string tunings. Recognising this, some ...

  8. List of guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    Standard seven-string tuning for Brazilian choro. Drop D + B 7-string tuning – B'-D-A-d-g-b-e' Standard seven-string tuning with the low E dropped to D, which results in a minor 3rd interval between the two lowest strings of B and D. Used by Ed Sloan of Crossfade. Also used by Animals as Leaders on the song "CAFO".

  9. Panduri - Wikipedia

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    The panduri is a three-stringed lute from the highland and lowland regions of eastern Georgia, usually played by strumming, and often for choral and rhythmic support of vocal melody. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] There are two kinds of panduri in Georgia: one is the traditional "folk" panduri, which typically has seven frets and more closely approximates the ...