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Like standard ukuleles, banjo ukuleles were originally outfitted with gut strings. Nylon strings are now typically used, sometimes with a wound third string. The banjolele is commonly tuned G–C–E–A ("C Tuning") or A–D–F♯–B ("D Tuning"), with a re-entrant 4th string. The A–D–F♯–B tuning often produces a more strident tone ...
Banjolele: 4 strings 4 courses. Standard/common: G 4 C 4 E 4 A 4. Alternate (traditional): A 4 D 4 F ♯ 4 B 4; Baritone D 3: G 3: B 3: E 4; Banjo ukulele, banjo uke, banjelele, banjulele US Hybrid of banjo and ukulele. Same tuning as a ukulele of the same scale. Banjolin: 4 strings 4 courses. G 3 D 4 A 4 E 5: Mandolin-banjo, Melody Banjo ...
The fifth string on the five string banjo, called the thumb string, also called the "drone string", is five frets shorter than the other four and is normally tuned higher than any of the other four, giving a re-entrant tuning such as the bluegrass G 4-D 3-G 3-B 3-D 4. The five string banjo is particularly used in bluegrass music and old-time music.
The modern five-string banjo is a variation on Sweeney's original design. The fifth string is usually the same gauge as the first, but starts from the fifth fret, three-quarters the length of the other strings. This lets the string be tuned to a higher open pitch than possible for the full-length strings.
The baritone ukulele usually uses linear G 6 tuning: D 3 –G 3 –B 3 –E 4, the same as the highest four strings of a standard 6-string guitar. Bass ukuleles are tuned similarly to the bass guitar and double bass : E 1 –A 1 –D 2 –G 2 for U-Bass style instruments (sometimes called contrabass), or an octave higher, E 2 –A 2 –D 3 –G ...
Today's Strands game revolves around entertainers who use movable figurines in their performance (hint: the figure is typically moved by strings, sticks and/or the person's hands). NYT Strands ...
Struck string instruments (such as the piano) can be similarly plucked as an extended technique. Plucked string instruments are not a category in the Sachs-Hornbostel classification, aside from 335 and 336, as some of them are simple chordophones and others are composite (depending on whether the resonator is the removable part of the instrument).
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