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2. 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.

3. Scale length (string instruments) - Wikipedia

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   The steel-string acoustic guitar typically has a scale slightly shorter than the classical instrument, the most common scales ranging between short scale (24 inches (610 mm)) and long scale (25.5 inches (650 mm)). Small travel guitars and guitars specifically designed for children can have even shorter scales.

4. Nashville tuning (high strung) - Wikipedia

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   The Pink Floyd song "Hey You" from the album The Wall and the Kansas song "Dust in the Wind" [2] from their Point of Know Return album use this form of guitar tuning. In "Hey You", David Gilmour replaced the low E string with a second high E (not a 12-string set, low E's octave string) such that it was two octaves up.

5. 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 ...

6. List of guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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   The predecessor of today's six-string classical guitar was the five-string baroque guitar tuned as the five high strings of a six-string guitar with the A raised one octave. High C – E-A-d-g-c' Standard tuning with the B tuned a half step higher to C to emulate a six-string bass guitar, minus the low B. This is an all fourths tuning.

7. 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 ...