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  2. Banjo - Wikipedia

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    Plectrum banjo from Gold Tone. 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]

  3. Plucked string instrument - Wikipedia

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    Stringed instruments hanging on a wall. Shown here are 4 Ukuleles, 2 Mandolins, a Banjo, a Guitar, a Violin, a Guraitar and a Bass guitar. Qanún/kanun, origin from ancient Mesopotamia Kantele. Plucked string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by plucking the strings. Plucking is a way of pulling and releasing ...

  4. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Standard aka "Banjo tuning" (octave higher than the plectrum banjo) Bugarija, 5 string 5 strings 4 courses. Standard/common: G 2 •B 2 •D 3 •G 3 G 3. Alternates: D 2 •F ♯ 2 •A 2 •D 3 D 3; E 2 •G ♯ 2 •B 2 •E 3 E 3; Kontra Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia First course is sometimes not doubled. Bugarija, 6 string 6 strings 4 courses ...

  5. Tenor guitar - Wikipedia

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    Also common are tuning one octave below standard violin tuning, G 2 −D 3 −A 3 −E 4, which is typical of the tenor banjo in Irish folk music or "octave mandolin," and the so-called "Chicago tuning", D 3 −G 3 −B 3 −E 4, the same as the top four strings of a standard guitar, or the "baritone ukulele," a slightly smaller instrument ...

  6. Guitar picking - Wikipedia

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    A plectrum held between thumb and one finger, supplemented by the free fingers—called hybrid picking or sometimes "chicken pickin". Using a single thumb pick with the bare fingers is similar to hybrid picking. Another mixed technique is to play different passages with a plectrum or fingerstyle, "palming" the plectrum when not in use. This ...

  7. 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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