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  2. Machine head - Wikipedia

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    A machine head (also referred to as a tuning machine, tuner, or gear head) is a geared apparatus for tuning stringed musical instruments by adjusting string tension. Machine heads are used on mandolins, guitars, double basses and others, and are usually located on the instrument's headstock .

  3. Tuning mechanisms for stringed instruments - Wikipedia

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    Tuning pegs on a tro. A tapered peg is simply a smooth peg with a string wound around it. The tension of the string is controlled by turning the peg, and the peg is held in place by friction in its hole (in contrast to tuning machines, below). A properly working peg will turn easily and hold reliably, that is, it will neither stick nor slip.

  4. Bouzouki - Wikipedia

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    On the bouzouki the lower-pitched string comes first in these courses, the reverse of most other instruments with octave-paired courses (such as the 12-string guitar, charango or bajo sexto). These 'octave strings' add to the fullness of the sound and are used in chords and bass drones (continuous low notes that are played throughout the music).

  5. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    8 string classical guitar Spain aka "Galbraith tuning" Guitar, 8 string (added basses) 8 strings 8 courses [B 1 D 2] E 2 A 2 D 3 G 3 B 3 E 4: 8 string classical guitar 8 string electric guitar Spain Tuning of two lowest strings varies with player and music Guitar, 9 string 9 strings 6 courses. E 3 E 2 •A 3 A 2 •D 4 D 3 •G 3 B 3 E 4: US 12 ...

  6. Eight-string guitar - Wikipedia

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    The standard tuning (from low to high) is F ♯, B, E, A, D, G, B, E. [7] Many prefer to tune the F ♯ to a low E (E1), the same note as the lowest string on a four-string electric bass in standard tuning, and providing the guitar with a fuller sound by having three different E strings. [8] This tuning is equivalent to tuning a six-string ...

  7. Irish bouzouki - Wikipedia

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    The Irish bouzouki (Irish: búsúcaí) [1] is an adaptation of the Greek bouzouki (Greek: μπουζούκι).The newer Greek tetrachordo bouzouki (4 courses of strings) was introduced into Irish traditional music in the mid-1960s by Johnny Moynihan of the folk group Sweeney's Men, who retuned it from its traditional Greek tuning C³F³A³D⁴ to G²D³A³D⁴, a tuning he had pioneered ...

  8. Grover Musical Products, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Richard I. Berger (born 1952) is the president. Before becoming president, he had overseen the Trophy Grover Company and Grossman Musical Products, which in 1983, was one of the largest distributors of musical instruments in the U.S. Grossman Musical Products was founded in 1922 by his great uncle, Henry Saul Grossman (1898–1995) [5] who, from 1953 to 1966, owned Rogers Drums.

  9. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 321.321

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    stringed instrument, typical four courses/8 strings, more courses possible, also possible to string with 4-6 single strings gusle [10] [11] gusla: Southeastern Europe: 321.321-71 Stringed instrument, round, typically with one string bound at the top of the neck with a tuning peg huluhu: China: 321.321 Two-stringed, bowed instrument igil: Tuva ...

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