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  2. Eight-string guitar - Wikipedia

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    An eight-string guitar is a guitar with eight strings, or one more than the Russian guitar's seven. Eight-string guitars are less common than six- and seven-string guitars, but they are used by a few classical, jazz, and metal guitarists. The eight-string guitar allows a wider tonal range, or non-standard tunings (such as major-thirds tuning ...

  3. Kwitra - Wikipedia

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    It is a regional instrument in the lute family of instruments, related to Italian chitarra. [3] It has eight strings in four courses. It is tuned G3 G3, E4 E4, A3 A3, D4 D4. [4] The traditional strings are made of animal intestines. They usually have a carved soundhole in the shape of a bowl or vase.

  4. 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

  5. List of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Noisemaker is a musical instrument which is not Used for music but rather for noisemaking: unpitched percussion: musical instrument Pahū Pounamu: idiophones: New Zealand, Traditional Maori Gong: tam-tam Piano (pianoforte) also used melodically, see chordophones: chordophones: 314.122-4-8: Italy: stringed instruments: keyboard hammmer-struck ...

  6. Mandolin - Wikipedia

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    It is a flatback instrument, with a wide neck and 4 courses (8 strings), 5 courses (10 strings) or 6 courses (12 strings), and is used in Algeria and Morocco. The instrument can be tuned as a guitar, oud , or mandocello, depending on the music it will be used to play and player preference.

  7. Hatun charango - Wikipedia

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    The instrument was developed as a means of extending the range and versatility of the charango to embrace a more universal repertoire, including classical guitar and lute music. [ 2 ] Whereas the charango has a bowl-shaped back and is more closely related to the lute, the hatun charango has the flat back of the chillador , making it a closer ...

  8. Category:String instruments - Wikipedia

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    A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound with vibrating strings amplified by one or more of three main methods: Vibration of a sounding board via a bridge; Resonance of air in a sound box, often through a sound hole; Electric pickup for an instrument amplifier driving a loudspeaker

  9. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    8 strings 4 courses. E 2 E 1 •A 2 A 1 •D 3 D 2 •G 3 G 2: Eight-string bass guitar, 8-string bass US Essentially a 4-string bass with each string doubled at the upper octave. Guitar, bass (12-string) 12 strings 4 courses. E 2 E 2 E 1 •A 2 A 2 A 1 •D 3 D 3 D 2 •G 3 G 3 G 2: Twelve-string bass guitar, 12-string bass US Similar to an 8 ...