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Open string tuning; often played with capo on 3rd fret Banjo, tenor 4 strings 4 courses. Standard/common : C 3 G 3 D 4 A 4. Alternate: Irish : G 2 D 3 A 3 E 4; US US via Africa Irish tuning same as octave mandolin tuning Banjo, Plectrum 4 strings 4 courses. C 3 G 3 B 3 D 4. Chicago Tuning: D 3 G 3 B 3 E 4. US via Africa Baryton: 17 strings 17 ...
Sketch from a Greek vase, showing kollops along crossbar of a kithara. A kollops (Ancient Greek: κολλοψ or kollabos) is a tuning device for a string instrument (generally a lyre) which consists of a strip of leather wrapped around the instrument's crossbar, tightened by a wooden peg trapped in its wrap.
Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical tuning in which the frequency ratios of all intervals are determined by choosing a sequence of fifths [2] which are "pure" or perfect, with ratio :. This is chosen because it is the next harmonic of a vibrating string, after the octave (which is the ratio 2 : 1 {\displaystyle 2:1} ), and hence is the ...
Tuning pins are used on instruments where there is no space for a knob on each string, such as pianos and harps. Turning the peg or pin tightens or loosens the string. Some tuning pegs and pins are tapered, some threaded. Some tuning pegs are ornamented with shell, metal, or plastic inlays, beads (pips) or rings.
In most musical instruments, the tone-generating component (a string or resonant column of air) vibrates at many frequencies simultaneously: a fundamental frequency that is usually perceived as the pitch of the note, and harmonics or overtones that are multiples of the fundamental frequency and whose wavelengths therefore divide the tone-generating region into simple fractional segments (1/2 ...
A tuning wrench (also called a tuning lever or tuning hammer) is a specialized socket wrench used to tune string instruments, such as the piano, harp, and hammer dulcimer, that have strings wrapped around tuning pins. Other string instruments do not require a tuning wrench because their tuning pins or pegs come with handles (as with the violin ...
Nov. 3 at Bourgie Nights: Indie folk band has a sound that's been described as "country-flecked folk-rock soaked in LSD."Most recent album "Two Things at Once" dropped on Elektra Records in March ...
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. Machine heads are used on mandolins, guitars, double basses and others, and are usually located on the instrument's headstock .