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  2. Bass guitar - Wikipedia

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    Bass guitar strings are composed of a core and winding. The core is a wire which runs through the center of the string and is generally made of steel, nickel, or an alloy. [9] The winding is an additional wire wrapped around the core. Bass guitar strings vary by the material and cross-sectional shape of the winding.

  3. Bass guitar tuning - Wikipedia

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    Tuning machines (with spiral metal worm gears) are mounted on the back of the headstock on the bass guitar neck. The standard design for the electric bass guitar has four strings, tuned E, A, D and G, in fourths such that the open highest string, G, is an eleventh (an octave and a fourth) below middle C, making the tuning of all four strings the same as that of the double bass (E 1 –A 1 –D ...

  4. Jazz bass - Wikipedia

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    Tapewound (double bass type) and flatwound strings are sometimes used with the fretless bass so that the metal string windings do not wear down the fingerboard. Some fretless basses have epoxy-coated fingerboards to increase durability, enhance sustain , and give a brighter tone.

  5. String (music) - Wikipedia

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    The end of the string that mounts to the instrument's tuning mechanism (the part of the instrument that turns to tighten or loosen string tension) is usually plain. . Depending on the instrument, the string's other, fixed end may have either a plain, loop, or ball end (a short brass cylinder) that attaches the string at the end opposite the tuning m

  6. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Bass, electric bass, 6-string bass, contrabass guitar Essentially a 4-string bass with either added high and low strings. Guitar, bass (8-string) 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 ...

  7. Standard tuning - Wikipedia

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    Baritone (older use) / 6 string bass (older use) such as the Fender Bass VI – E 1 A 1 D 2 G 2 B 2 E 3 (Similar to a standard guitar but an octave lower, and often played like a standard guitar rather than a bass guitar.) Baritone guitar (contemporary versions) – B 1 E 2 A 2 D 3 F♯ 3 B 3 a fourth below standard tuning, although A 1 to A 3 ...

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