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2. Guitalele - Wikipedia

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   This gives it tuning of ADGCEA, with the top four strings tuned like a low G ukulele. [6] This is the same as the tuning of the requinto guitar, although the latter are typically larger than a guitalele, and as the most common tuning for the guitarrón mexicano, albeit at a higher octave.

3. Jesse Kalima - Wikipedia

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   Kalima was the first person known to have strung his tenor with a low G, rather than the standard re-entrant tuning. [2] Kalima popularized the use of the tenor size ukulele and was one of the first to use an amplifier with his instrument. [4] Jesse worked for the Shell Oil Company and in 1940 he married Dorothy Louise Routh Halouska.

4. Ukulele - Wikipedia

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   Another common tuning for the soprano ukulele is the higher string-tension D 6 tuning (or simply D tuning), A 4 –D 4 –F ♯ 4 –B 4, one step higher than the G 4 –C 4 –E 4 –A 4 tuning. Once considered standard, this tuning was commonly used during the Hawaiian music boom of the early 20th century, and is often seen in sheet music ...

5. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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   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, banjoline, bandoline US Hybrid of mandolin and banjo but with only one string per course Banjo, Long Neck 5 strings 5 courses ...

6. Reentrant tuning - Wikipedia

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   The Venezuelan cuatro is a member of the guitar family, smaller in size and with four nylon strings. It is similar in size and construction to the ukulele. The traditional "Camburpinton" tuning is re-entrant (A 3 –D 4 –F ♯ 4 –B 3), but with the re-entry between the second and first strings, rather than between third and fourth as in the ...

7. 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 .

8. Tuning mechanisms for stringed instruments - Wikipedia

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   Turning the peg or pin tightens or loosens the string. Some tuning pegs and pins are tapered, some threaded. Some tuning pegs are ornamented with shell, metal, or plastic inlays, beads (pips) or rings. Other tuning systems include screw-and-lever tuners, geared tuners, and the konso friction tuning system (using braided leather rings).

9. Open G tuning - Wikipedia

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   Among alternative tunings for the guitar, an open G tuning is an open tuning that features the G-major chord; its open notes are selected from the notes of a G-major chord, such as the G-major triad (G,B,D). For example, a popular open-G tuning is D–G–D–G–B–D (low to high). An open-G tuning allows a G-major chord to be strummed on all ...