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"The Guitar Player" by V.A. Tropinin (1823) The Russian guitar or gypsy guitar is a seven-string acoustic guitar tuned to the open G tuning (DGBDGBD), [5] which arrived or was developed early in the 19th century in Russia, possibly as a development of the cittern, the kobza and the torban.
The steel-string acoustic guitar typically has a scale slightly shorter than the classical instrument, the most common scales ranging between short scale (24 inches (610 mm)) and long scale (25.5 inches (650 mm)). Small travel guitars and guitars specifically designed for children can have even shorter scales.
Guitar, 7 string 7 strings 7 courses. Standard/common: B 1 E 2 A 2 D 3 G 3 B 3 E 4. Alternate: Van Eps: A 1 E 2 A 2 D 3 G 3 B 3 E 4; Choro: C 2 E 2 A 2 D 3 G 3 B 3 E 4; 7 string classical guitar, "Brazilian" guitar, 7 string electric guitar US Van Eps aka "Jazz tuning" "Choro" is popular in Brazil 6-string alternates may be adapted for the 7 ...
Ole Kirkeby for 6- and 7-string guitars: Charts of intervals, major, minor, and dominant chords; recommended gauges for strings. Ralph Patt for 6-, 7-, and 8-string guitars: Charts of scales, chords, and chord-progressions; string gauges. Three other jazz-guitar websites: Oberlin, Alexandre (3 October 2012).
For the Russian guitar, the open strings form a G-major chord, which is twice repeated. The following tunings repeat their notes after three strings: Major-thirds tuning, such as E-G ♯-c-e-g ♯-c' and; D ♯-G-B-D ♯-G-B-D ♯, [7] Chord inversion is especially simple in major-thirds tuning. Chords are inverted simply by raising one or two ...
The Russian Guitar by Ivan Krasnoshchekov. Construction of the Russian is very similar to that of the western 6-string guitar except for the additional string. The same basic components are present: headstock; nut; tuners; neck; fingerboard; frets; inlays; truss rod (in modern instruments); heel; body; bridge & bridge saddle; soundboard (top); sound hole and rosette; back; sides; strings.
String gauge refers to the thickness and diameter of a guitar string, which influences the overall sound and pitch of the guitar depending on the guitar string used. [17] Some alternative tunings are difficult or even impossible to achieve with conventional guitars due to the sets of guitar strings, which have gauges optimized for standard tuning.
After 3 strings: Chromatic scale on four successive frets. Hence, reduced hand-stretching: Major and minor chords are played on 2 successive frets; others (seconds, fourths, sevenths, and ninths) on 3. [14] Smaller range (without 7 strings) Only three open-notes. Minor-sixth tuning Ralph Patt: All fourths: Perfect fourth (5) Non-repetitive [37]