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  2. Open chord - Wikipedia

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    G major chord for guitar (open). Violoncello chord on C Play ⓘ. Bottom two strings are open. In music for stringed instruments, especially guitar, an open chord (open-position chord) is a chord that includes one or more strings that are not fingered. An open string vibrates freely, whereas a fingered string will be partially dampened unless ...

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    with the wood: for bowed strings, strike the strings with the stick of the bow (col legno battuto) or draw the stick across the strings (col legno tratto) col pugno With the fist (e.g., bang the piano with the fist) coll'ottava With the addition of the octave note above or below the written note; abbreviated as col 8, coll' 8, and c. 8va colla ...

  4. String instrument - Wikipedia

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    The normal force applied to the body from the strings is supported in part by a small cylinder of wood called the soundpost. The violin body also has two "f-holes" carved on the top. The strings' vibrations are distributed via the bridge and soundpost to all surfaces of the instrument, and are thus made louder by matching of the acoustic impedance.

  5. Guitar picking - Wikipedia

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    Flatpicking is a technique for playing a guitar using a guitar pick held between two or three fingers to strike the strings. The term flatpicking occurs with other instruments, but is probably best known in the context of playing an acoustic guitar with steel strings —particularly in bluegrass music and old-time country music .

  6. List of string instruments - Wikipedia

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    Guitar (electric guitar, bass guitar) Guitar zither; Harp guitar; Hawaiian guitar; Octofone; Octobass; Pedal steel guitar; Psaltry (Bowed psaltry) Resophonic guitar (Dobro; Delvecchio; Triolian) Steel Guitar (Hawaii) (Lap steel guitar) Strumstick; Taropatch (Tenor ukulele) Tenor violin; Tiple (American tiple) Ukulele (Hawaii) Zither (Concert ...

  7. Guitar - Wikipedia

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    The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand.

  8. Strum - Wikipedia

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    The fretting hand can also mute the strings on the fretboard to damp a chord, creating staccato and percussive effects. In reggae and ska , a few staccato "chops" are played per bar. In funk rhythm playing, the strumming hand keeps a fairly steady motion in 16th notes , while the left hand, basically holding down a jazz chord damps some of them ...

  9. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...