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  2. List of guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    Alternatively (without light-gauge strings): C-F-C-F-A-C; C-F-C-F-A-C is the more common of the two. Used by Elizabeth Cotten on her song "When I Get Home" Led Zeppelin on "When the Levee Breaks" and "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (studio) F-Sharp Tuning: F ♯-A ♯-C ♯-F ♯-C ♯-FAlternative: C ♯-F ♯-C ♯-F ♯-A ♯-C ♯

  3. Scordatura - Wikipedia

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    The music fully pauses for the violins to re-tune before continuing. Haydn also uses a violin with the lowest string tuned to F in the trio of his Symphony No. 67 in F. Niccolò Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 initially required the strings of the solo violin to be tuned a semitone higher to match the original key of E ♭ major.

  4. 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.

  5. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    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-string guitar variant with doubled trebles Guitar, 9 ...

  6. New standard tuning - Wikipedia

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    New standard tuning (NST) is an alternative tuning for the guitar that approximates all-fifths tuning.The guitar's strings are assigned the notes C2-G2-D3-A3-E4-G4 (from lowest to highest); the five lowest open strings are each tuned to an interval of a perfect fifth {(C,G),(G,D),(D,A),(A,E)}; the two highest strings are a minor third apart (E,G).

  7. List of string instruments - Wikipedia

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    Long String Instrument, (by Ellen Fullman, strings are rubbed in, and vibrate in the longitudinal mode) Magnetic resonance piano , (strings activated by electromagnetic fields) Stringed instruments with keyboards

  8. Sound hole - Wikipedia

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    The sound holes of cellos and other instruments of the violin family are known as F-holes and are located on opposing sides of the bridge. A sound hole is an opening in the body of a stringed musical instrument, usually the upper sound board. Sound holes have different shapes: Round in flat-top guitars and traditional bowl-back mandolins;

  9. Tritone substitution - Wikipedia

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    C7 is transpositionally equivalent to the F ♯ 7, the leading tones resolve inversionally (E-B ♭ resolves to F-A, A ♯-E resolves to B-D ♯) Play F-C7-F, F-F ♯ 7-F, B-F ♯ 7-B, then B-C7-B ⓘ The tritone substitution is a common chord substitution found in both jazz and classical music.