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2. Alto guitar - Wikipedia

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   Eleven-string alto guitar, also called the altgitarr, the Swedish name given to it by its Swedish inventor; Six-string alto guitar, a classical guitar with light strings and a small body, designed to be tuned higher than the normal classical guitar; Tenor guitar, when tuned to G-C-E-A one fourth higher than the top four strings of the modern ...

3. Classical guitar with additional strings - Wikipedia

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   The eleven-string alto guitar was developed by Swedish luthier Georg Bolin in the 1960s, and Bolin altgitarrer (Swedish for alto guitars, singular altgitarren) are now rare and valuable. The Bolin alto guitar most often has eleven strings, but a thirteen-string version also exists.

4. Guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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   The guitar is a transposing instrument; that is, music for guitars is notated one octave higher than the true pitch.This is to reduce the need for ledger lines in music written for the instrument, and thus simplify the reading of notes when playing the guitar.

5. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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   Steel String Guitar: Electric Guitar: Guitar, alto 11 strings 11 courses. B ♭ 1 C 2 D 2 E ♭ 2 F 2 G 2 C 3 F 3 B ♭ 3 D 4 G 4: Archguitar, altgitarren, Bolin guitar Sweden Guitar, alto 13 strings 13 courses. A 1 B ♭ 1 C 2 D 2 E 2 F 2 G 2 A 2 D 3 F 3 A 3 D 4 F 4: Archguitar, altgitarren, Bolin guitar Sweden This instrument is very rare ...

6. Eleven-string alto guitar - Wikipedia

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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 ...

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8. Regular tuning - Wikipedia

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   Jazz musician Stanley Jordan plays guitar in all-fourths tuning; he has stated that all-fourths tuning "simplifies the fingerboard, making it logical". [19] For all-fourths tuning, all twelve major chords (in the first or open positions) are generated by two chords, the open F major chord and the D major chord. The regularity of chord-patterns ...

9. Ovation Guitar Company - Wikipedia

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   The first successful design, built by luthier Gerry Gardner, went into production soon after the company was established. [19] The first Ovation guitar made its debut in November 1966. Its Lyrachord body gave the instrument, according to the company, unprecedented projection and ringing sustain.