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The 11-string alto guitar is a multi-string classical guitar, which generally refers to classical guitars with more than six strings. Classical guitars with extra strings can have from seven to 13 or more strings. [2] However, an 11-string is the most useful for performing lute music, particularly Bach and Weiss. The first six strings are tuned ...
The Bolin alto guitar most often has eleven strings, but a thirteen-string version also exists. The eleven-string alto guitar is played by guitarists such as John Francis, Stefan Östersjö and Göran Söllscher and is often used in performances of Bach on the guitar. The 11-string archguitar built by American luthier Walter Stanul is played by ...
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D Tuning, also called One Step Lower, Whole Step Down, Full Step or D Standard, is another alternative. Each string is lowered by a whole tone (two semitones) resulting in D-G-C-F-A-D . It is used mostly by heavy metal bands to achieve a heavier, deeper sound, and by blues guitarists, who use it to accommodate string bending and by 12-string ...
A marionette in use in Japan, 2018. A marionette (/ ˌ m ær i ə ˈ n ɛ t / MARR-ee-ə-NET; French: marionnette [maʁjɔnɛt] ⓘ) is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette's puppeteer is called a marionettist. [1]
Strings/courses are usually 8/5 but 7/5, 9/5, 10/5 or 11/5 variations exist. Kithara Sarda: 6 strings 6 courses. B 2 E 2 A 2 D 3 F 3 B 3: Sardinia, Italy. Kobza: 8 strings 4 courses. Standard/common: GG • DD • GG • CC. Alternate: DD • AA • DD • GG Kobuz, Kobsa Moldavia, Romania, Hungary Kokles: 11 strings 11 courses. G 3 A 3 C 3 D 3 ...
The Marionette has died in a duel. The funeral procession commences (D minor). A central section (D major) depicts the mourners taking refreshments before returning to the funeral march (D minor). Additionally, inscriptions are found throughout the score as follows: La Marionnette est cassée!!! (The marionette is broken!!!)
The six-string article name seems particularly apt, the eleven less so. Another name for the article on the eleven and thirteen-string versions would be altgittar , which covers both, but the eleven-string version is by far the more common, and is known just as alto guitar , and the thirteen-string version is a relatively rare variant of the ...