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  2. Strum - Wikipedia

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    Guitar strum Play ⓘ: pattern created by subtracting the second and fifth (of eight) eighth notes from the base, above. Ska stroke [1] Play ⓘ: features dampened staccato upbeat downstrokes. In music, strumming is a way of playing a stringed instrument such as a guitar, ukulele, or mandolin. A strum or stroke is a sweeping action where a ...

  3. Outline of guitars - Wikipedia

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    There are two primary families of guitars: acoustic and electric. An acoustic guitar has a wooden top and a hollow body. An electric guitar may be a solid-body or hollow body instrument, which is made louder by using a pickup and plugging it into a guitar amplifier and speaker. Another type of guitar is the low-pitched bass guitar.

  4. Rasgueado - Wikipedia

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    Rasgueado (also called Golpeado, [1] Rageo (spelled so or Rajeo), Rasgueo or Rasgeo in Andalusian dialect and flamenco jargon, or even occasionally Rasqueado) is a guitar finger strumming technique commonly associated with flamenco guitar music. It is also used in classical and other fingerstyle guitar picking techniques.

  5. Guitar picking - Wikipedia

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    Guitar picking is a group of hand and finger techniques a guitarist uses to set guitar strings in motion to produce audible notes. These techniques involve plucking, strumming, brushing, etc. Picking can be done with: A pick (plectrum) held in the hand

  6. Guitar bracing - Wikipedia

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    This is the standard bracing pattern on the classical guitar, dating to the work of Antonio Torres Jurado in the 19th century. Although the originator of this bracing style has not been reliably established, the earliest known use is by Spanish luthier Francisco Sanguino in the mid to late 18th century.

  7. Rhythm guitar - Wikipedia

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    The guitar took over the role previously occupied by the banjo to provide rhythmic chordal accompaniment. Early jazz guitarists like Freddie Green tended to emphasize the percussive quality of the instrument. The ability to keep a steady rhythm while playing through complicated chord patterns made the guitar invaluable to many rhythm sections.

  8. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Basically this is a lute-shaped guitar; a guitar neck on a lute body. Guitarro: 6 strings 6 courses. B 4 F ♯ 4 D 5 A 5 E 5: Guitarrico, Spanish Tiple Spain Guitarrón: 6 strings 6 courses. A 1 D 2 G 2 C 3 E 3 A 2: Guitarrón de Toloche Mexico Guitarron Argentino: 6 strings 6courses. B 1 E 2 A 2 D 3 G 3 B 3: Argentina A 6-string acoustic bass ...

  9. Regular tuning - Wikipedia

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    Left-handed guitarists may use the chord charts from one class of regular tunings for its left-handed tuning; for example, the chord charts for all-fifths tuning may be used for guitars strung with left-handed all-fourths tuning. The class of regular tunings has been named and described by Professor William Sethares.