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  2. Chop chord - Wikipedia

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    Backbeat chop [1] [2] Play ⓘ. In music, a chop chord is a "clipped backbeat". [3] [4] In 44: 1 2 3 4.It is a muted chord that marks the off-beats or upbeats. [5] As a rhythm guitar and mandolin technique, it is accomplished through chucking, in which the chord is muted by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.

  3. Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of ...

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    Three of the best-known poems in the collection are "Praise for Creation and Providence", "Against Idleness and Mischief", and "The Sluggard". [3] "Praise for Creation and Providence" (better known as "I sing the mighty power of God") is now a hymn sung by all ages. [4] "

  4. Bluegrass mandolin - Wikipedia

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    Most bluegrass mandolin players choose one of two styles. Both have flat or nearly flat backs and arched tops. The so-called a-style mandolin has a teardrop-shaped body; the f-style mandolin is more stylized, with a spiraled wooden cone on the upper side and a couple of points on the lower side.

  5. List of mandolinists - Wikipedia

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    mandolin part on Grateful Dead's Friend of the Devil [154] [155] Levon Helm, The Band; Chris Hillman, The Byrds, mandolin part of Sweet Mary; Ray Jackson, [156] mandolin part of Rod Stewart's Maggie May, Lindisfarne (band) John Paul Jones (United Kingdom), [157] Led Zeppelin, mandolin part of Gallows Pole [158] Bernie Leadon (United States)

  6. Mandola - Wikipedia

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    The mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted, stringed musical instrument.It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola (C 3-G 3-D 4-A 4), a fifth lower than a mandolin. [1]

  7. Bandurria - Wikipedia

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    The modern bandurria has 12 strings (6 pairs). The strings are tuned in unison pairs, going up in fourths from the low G#. The lowest four strings are a major-third above those of a standard guitar and the highest two strings are a fourth above a standard guitar, i.e. G ♯, c ♯, f ♯, b, e' and a'. [2]

  8. Mandolin playing traditions worldwide - Wikipedia

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    U. Srinivas (1969-2014) has, over the last couple of decades, made his version of the mandolin very popular in India and abroad. He began his career with traditional 8-string (four-course) mandolin, but switched to a 5-string electric instrument tuned C-G-C-G-C, the two lowest strings tuned to the usual interval of a mandola (C-G-D-A) or five ...

  9. Guitar zither - Wikipedia

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    The guitar zither (also chord zither, fretless zither, [1] [2] mandolin zither [3] or harp zither [4]) is a musical instrument consisting of a sound-box with two sets of unstopped strings. One set of strings is tuned to the diatonic , chromatic , or partially chromatic scale and the other set is tuned to make the various chords in the principal ...