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2. String (music) - Wikipedia

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   A wound acoustic guitar string (phosphor bronze wound around steel) with a ball end, 0.044" gauge. Bowed instrument strings, such as for the violin or cello, are usually described by tension rather than gauge. Fretted instruments (guitar, banjo, etc.) strings are usually described by gauge—the diameter of the string. The tone of a string ...

3. New standard tuning - Wikipedia

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   Special gauges are therefore more suitable for NST. For steel-stringed acoustic-guitars, many Guitar-Craft participants use either an .011–.058 inch set [5] or an .011–.059 inch set; [22] string-sets may be purchased as a set from a manufacturer or purchased singly and assembled by the guitarist.

4. Nashville tuning (high strung) - Wikipedia

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   The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" features a 12-string guitar played by Keith Richards and a guitar with Nashville tuning played by Mick Taylor. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" featured two acoustic guitars, one Nashville strung, overdriven through a cassette recorder. [3] James Williamson used Nashville tuning on "Gimme Danger" [4] on Raw Power by the ...

5. Guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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   String gauge refers to the thickness and diameter of a guitar string, which influences the overall sound and pitch of the guitar depending on the guitar string used. [17] Some alternative tunings are difficult or even impossible to achieve with conventional guitars due to the sets of guitar strings, which have gauges optimized for standard tuning.

6. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings

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   String gauges are always listed in the order in which the strings are conventionally numbered, rather than the order in which the pitches are conventionally listed, so for example a typical light set for electric guitar would be .009-.011-.016-.024w-.032w-.042w.

7. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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   8 string classical guitar 8 string electric guitar Spain Tuning of two lowest strings varies with player and music Guitar, 9 string 9 strings 6 courses. E 3 E 2 •A 3 A 2 •D 4 D 3 •G 3 B 3 E 4: US 12-string guitar variant with doubled bases Guitar, 9 string 9 strings 6 courses. E 2 • A 2 • D 3 • G 4 G 3 •B 3 B 3 •E 4 E 4: US 12 ...