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Long String Instrument, (by Ellen Fullman, strings are rubbed in, and vibrate in the longitudinal mode) Magnetic resonance piano , (strings activated by electromagnetic fields) Stringed instruments with keyboards
It is a flatback instrument, with a wide neck and 4 courses (8 strings), 5 courses (10 strings) or 6 courses (12 strings), and is used in Algeria and Morocco. The instrument can be tuned as a guitar, oud , or mandocello, depending on the music it will be used to play and player preference.
An eight-string guitar is a guitar with eight strings, or one more than the Russian guitar's seven. Eight-string guitars are less common than six- and seven-string guitars, but they are used by a few classical, jazz, and metal guitarists. The eight-string guitar allows a wider tonal range, or non-standard tunings (such as major-thirds tuning ...
Although originally configured as an oud, the instrument has been converted to other instruments by attaching a different set of neck and strings. [2] The standard cümbüş is fretless , but guitar, mandolin and ukulele versions have fretboards .
This bouzouki has 10 strings arranged in 5 pairs, adding on an Octave G Course tuned G 2 G 3 in addition to the other 8 strings to extend the range so the tuning is G 2 G 3-C 3 C 4 –F 3 F 4 –A 3 A 3 –D 4 D 4 (a whole step below the 5 high strings of a guitar) which allows for extended Chords & versatility, & was popularized by ...
Pictures of the instrument illustrated in the Stuttgart Psalter all have the word "cythara" near the instrument in the text. [2] The players hold the instrument in a distinct manner similar to the way that citole players were shown to hold their instruments, resting the instrument on the playing arm, and bringing their forearm and wrist to the ...
Ancient kings playing an organistrum at the Pórtico de la Gloria in the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The hurdy-gurdy is generally thought to have originated from fiddles in either Europe or the Middle East (e.g., the rebab instrument) before the eleventh century A.D. [2] The first recorded reference to fiddles in Europe was in the 9th century by the ...
The instrument is held vertically between the player's knees, with the left hand fingers on the neck. [4] The strings are never pressed to the neck, giving a harmonic and unique sound. [ 4 ] The most common and traditional version is single-stringed, while a much less-common version is the two-stringed found in Bosanska Krajina and in Lika .