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  2. Lap steel ukulele - Wikipedia

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    The lap steel ukulele is typically placed on the player's lap, or on a surface in front of the seated player. The strings are not pressed to a fret when sounding a note, rather, the player holds a metal slide called a steel in the left hand, which is moved along the strings to change the instrument's pitch while the right hand plucks or picks the strings.

  3. Tuning mechanisms for stringed instruments - Wikipedia

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    Here, the two strings on the far side pass through the keyhole slots directly, but the nearer two strings use fine tuners. Fine tuners are used on the tailpiece of some stringed instruments, as a supplement to the tapered pegs at the other end. Tapered pegs are harder to use to make small adjustments to pitch. Fine tuners are not geared.

  4. Ukulele - Wikipedia

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    The ukulele (/ ˌ juː k ə ˈ l eɪ l i / ooh-kə-LAY-lee; from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ]), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. It generally employs four nylon strings. [1] [2] [3] The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and construction ...

  5. Machine head - Wikipedia

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    Open worm type machine head on a ukulele. 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.

  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. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    8 string Tenor Ukulele Hawaii The name comes from "Taropatch Fiddle" an early Hawaiian, slightly derogatory name for all Ukuleles used by the "Landed" Anglo Settlers however it came over to Mainland U.S.A. with the fiddle part dropped to describe an 8 string Ukulele Tembor: 5 strings 3 courses. A A•D•G G China Terzin Kitarra: 6 strings 6 ...

  8. Banjo ukulele - Wikipedia

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    The banjo ukulele neck typically has sixteen frets, and is the same scale length as a soprano or, less commonly, concert or tenor-sized ukulele. Banjo ukuleles may be open-backed, or may incorporate a resonator. Banjo ukulele heads were traditionally made of calf skin, but most modern instruments are fitted with synthetic heads. Some players ...

  9. Cuatro (Venezuela) - Wikipedia

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    The cuatro of Venezuela has four single nylon strings, tuned (ad'f#'b). It is similar in shape and tuning to the ukulele, but their character and playing technique are vastly different. It is tuned in a similar fashion to the traditional D tuning of the ukulele, but the A and B are an octave lower.

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