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Formed like a guitar with in most cases, a figure eight-shaped body and a round sound hole, the Octavina has a shorter neck, often with only 16 frets, though some octavinas may have 18 to 20 frets, like its close relative, the laúd. The instrument is played like the laúd plays, the lower notes in accompaniments and in unison with the bass notes.
The body and resonator are like the Dobro, while it is strung like a five-string banjo. The tunings and fingerings are also just like a banjo. The intention in creating the dojo was to give banjoists the opportunity to get a completely different sound without having to learn fingerings for an entirely new instrument. [2]
Note: Because the dulcimer is most often played on the lap or with the instrument lying on a table, when the instrument is held upright (headstock at the top), the highest pitched string will be on the left—this is the reverse of most other string instruments (e.g., guitar, bass, fiddle, etc.) where the lowest string is on the left.
This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Percussion instruments (idiophones, membranophones, struck chordophones, blown percussion instruments)
Cümbüş Guitar: fretted, tuned like a guitar, six strings, 34 inches long overall Cümbüş Banco : fretted, small, tuned like a mandolin four courses of strings 23 inches long overall Cümbüş Ukulele : fretted, small, tuned like a ukulele , four strings, 21 inches long overall
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A similar, but smaller instrument, with a shorter neck, is the bandurria, which also exists in 12- and 14-string versions. [ 1 ] Traditionally the laúd is used by folk string musical groups, such as Spanish or Filipino rondalla string ensembles, together with the guitar and the bandurria.
Archguitar, altgitarren, Bolin guitar Sweden This instrument is very rare. Guitar, alto (Niibori) 6 strings 6 courses. Standard/common: B 2 E 3 A 3 D 4 F ♯ 4 B 4. G Guitar Japan Transposing guitar in the key of G, developed for the Niibori Guitar Orchestra Guitar, 7 string 7 strings 7 courses. Standard/common: B 1 E 2 A 2 D 3 G 3 B 3 E 4 ...