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  2. Engine tuning - Wikipedia

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    Engine tuning is the adjustment or modification of the internal combustion engine or Engine Control Unit (ECU) to yield optimal performance and increase the engine's power output, economy, or durability. These goals may be mutually exclusive; an engine may be de-tuned with respect to output power in exchange for better economy or longer engine ...

  3. Zhonghu - Wikipedia

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    The zhonghu is analogous with the erhu, but is slightly larger and lower pitched. Its body is covered on the playing end with snakeskin. The instrument has two strings which are generally tuned to the interval of a fifth, to A and E or to G and D (this latter tuning equivalent to the violin's lowest two strings). It has a deep, mellow sound ...

  4. Liu Tianhua - Wikipedia

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    Liu Tianhua (simplified Chinese: 刘天华; traditional Chinese: 劉天華; pinyin: Liú Tiānhuá; Wade–Giles: Liu T'ien-hua; 1895–1932) was a Chinese musician and composer best known for his innovative work for the erhu. Liu's students, such as Jiang Fengzhi and Chen Zhenduo, continued to contribute to the development of the erhu. [1]

  5. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    C 6 Tuning; G 3 G 3 •C 4 C 4 •E 4 E 3 •A 3 A 3 •E 4 E 4. Bass G; G 3 G 2 •C 4 C 3 •E 4 E 3 •A 3 A 3 •E 4 E 4. Bolivian tuning: C 4 C 4 •F 4 F 4 •A 4 A 3 •D 4 D 4 •A 4 A 4. Tenor Charango, "Bass" Charango Andean Region Standard aka "Argentine tuning" or "G 6 tuning", one fourth lower than the charango. Very similar in ...

  6. List of Chinese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Dihu – low pitched two-stringed fiddles in the erhu family, in three sizes: Xiaodihu (小低胡) – small dihu, tuned one octave below the erhu; Zhongdihu (中低胡) – medium dihu, tuned one octave below the zhonghu; Dadihu (大低胡) – large dihu, tuned two octaves below the erhu; Dahu (大胡) – another name for the xiaodihu

  7. Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto - Wikipedia

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    The lovers' parts are united by a final section, with the solo violin and the orchestra redeveloping the opening theme to build to a triumphant climax. The concerto ends bittersweetly with a final melodic phrase from the solo violin, concluding mysteriously on a high D from the strings.

  8. Parts book - Wikipedia

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    A parts book, parts catalogue or illustrated part catalogue is a book published by a manufacturer which contains the illustrations, part numbers and other relevant data for their products or parts thereof. Parts books were often issued as microfiche, though this has fallen out of favour. Now, many manufacturers offer this information digitally ...

  9. Chip tuning - Wikipedia

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    Chip tuning is changing or modifying an erasable programmable read only memory chip in an automobile's or other vehicles electronic control unit to achieve superior performance, whether it be more power, cleaner emissions, or better fuel efficiency. Engine manufacturers generally use a conservative electronic control unit map to allow for ...