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  2. Plectrum - Wikipedia

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    A properly voiced plectrum will pluck the string in a way that produces a good musical tone and matches well in loudness with all of the other strings. The underside of the plectrum must be appropriately slanted and entirely smooth, so that the jack will not "hang" (get caught on the string) when, after sounding a note, it is moved back down ...

  3. Banjoline - Wikipedia

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    The Banjoline has six strings arranged in four courses and it has a scale length similar to that of a plectrum banjo. The two lowest courses consist of pairs of two strings and the two highest courses consist of two single strings. The Banjoline was intended to be tuned like a plectrum banjo (from low to high, CGBD).

  4. Scale length (string instruments) - Wikipedia

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    String instruments produce sound through the vibration of their strings. The range of tones these strings can produce is determined by three primary factors: the linear density of the string, that is its mass per unit length (which is determined by its thickness and the density of the material), the tension placed upon it, and the instrument's ...

  5. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    5 strings 5 courses. G 3 D 2 G 2 B 2 D 3: banjo cello US One octave lower than 5-string bluegrass banjo. Banjo, contrabass: 3 strings 3 courses. Standard/common: E 1 A 1 D 2. Alternates: D 1 G 1 C 2; D 1 A 1 D 2; C 1 G 1 C 2; US Essentially in the same range as the bass banjo, but with a much larger resonator. These instruments are very rare ...

  6. Banjo - Wikipedia

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    The four-string plectrum banjo is a standard banjo without the short drone string. It usually has 22 frets on the neck and a scale length of 26 to 28 inches, and was originally tuned C3 G3 B3 D4. It can also be tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, which is known as "Chicago tuning". [ 64 ]

  7. Guitar pick - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the 1920s most guitar players used thumb and finger picks (used for the banjo or mandolin) when looking for something to play their guitar with, but with the rise of musician Nick Lucas, the use of a flat "plectrum style guitar pick" became popular. [3] There have been many innovations in the design of the guitar pick.

  8. Plectrum banjo - Wikipedia

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Banjo#Four-string banjos

  9. Guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    This facilitated tenor banjo chord shapes on the bottom four strings and plectrum banjo chord shapes on the top four strings. Contemporary New York jazz-guitarist Marty Grosz uses this tuning. All-fifths tuning has been approximated by the so-called " New Standard Tuning " (NST) of King Crimson 's Robert Fripp , in which NST replaces all-fifths ...

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