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  2. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    3 playing strings, with up to 10 sympathetic strings. Gambus Hadhramaut: 11 strings 6 courses. C • G G • B B • A A • E E • D D Malaysia, Indonesia: Related to oud: Musician playing gambus Hadhramaut. Gaoyinruan: 4 strings 4 courses. G 3 D 4 G 4 D 5: Soprano Ruan China Literally "high pitched Ruan" Gehu: 4 strings 4 courses. C 2 G 2 D ...

  3. String section - Wikipedia

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    The string sections are at the front of the orchestra, arrayed in a semicircle around the conductor's podium. The string section of an orchestra is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family. It normally consists of first and second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. It is the most numerous group in the standard ...

  4. Violin construction and mechanics - Wikipedia

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    A violin consists of a body or corpus, a neck, a finger board, a bridge, a soundpost, four strings, and various fittings.The fittings are the tuning pegs, tailpiece and tailgut, endpin, possibly one or more fine tuners on the tailpiece, and in the modern style of playing, usually a chinrest, either attached with the cup directly over the tailpiece or to the left of it.

  5. Violin technique - Wikipedia

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    Left hand finger patterns, after George Bornoff First position fingerings. While beginning violin students often rely on tapes or markers placed on the fingerboard for correct placement of the left-hand fingers, more proficient and experienced players place their fingers on the right spots without such indications but from practice and experience.

  6. Fiddle - Wikipedia

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    A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. [1] It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music . Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, the style of the music played may determine specific construction differences between fiddles and ...

  7. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings

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    Often only the top and bottom gauges are given. In this case the top string is listed first, as in the .017-.095w string set for the baritone guitar. Wound strings are shown by the suffix w added to the gauge. For example, a wound string of 32 thou diameter may be called 32w or .032w depending on whether thou or inch measure is used in the article.

  8. Double stop - Wikipedia

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    In music, a double stop is the technique of playing two notes simultaneously on a stringed instrument such as a violin, a viola, a cello, or a double bass. On instruments such as the Hardanger fiddle it is common and often employed. In performing a double stop, two separate strings are bowed or plucked simultaneously.

  9. Hardanger fiddle - Wikipedia

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    The F-holes of the Hardanger fiddle are distinctive, oftentimes with a more "sunken" appearance, and generally straighter edges (unlike the frilly, swirly F-holes of a violin). Four of the strings are strung and played like a violin, while the rest, named understrings or sympathetic strings, resonate under the influence of the other four. These ...