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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
A single string can be played pizzicato, or double, triple, or quadruple stops can be played. Occasionally, a player must bow one string with the right hand and simultaneously pluck another with the left, or even possibly strum with both hands at the same time. This is marked by a "+" above the note.
This list contains musical instruments of symbolic or cultural importance within a nation, state, ethnicity, tribe or other group of people.. In some cases, national instruments remain in wide use within the nation (such as the Puerto Rican cuatro), but in others, their importance is primarily symbolic (such as the Welsh triple harp).
(See Brac, 5 string) (See Brac, 5 string) Bass guitar (See Guitar, bass) (See Guitar, bass) Berimbau: 1 string 1 course [*] Brazil * No standard tuning, Biscernica, 5 string 5 strings 4 courses. C ♯ 3 •F ♯ 3 •B 3 •E 4 E 4: Bisernica Balkans The prim has 5 strings; there is another bisernica which has 6 strings. Bisernica, 6 string 6 ...
strings 1 and 2 – perfect fourth; strings 2 and 3 – major third; strings 1 and 4 – major second; The most popular tuning for the cuatro is A D F ♯ B, with the B string tuned to a major second interval from the A string (instead of the more "guitar-like" perfect fourth from the F ♯).
The final upstroke is sometimes omitted altering the strumming pattern slightly to d du ud. This pattern is often called "Old Faithful", [7] or when played on ukulele, the "Island Strum". Examples of other strumming patterns include: [8] Single down strum: d d d d . Elvis' "Burning Love" Kathy Mattea's "What Could Have Been" Boom-chicka: d dud du
With such a curved bridge, the player can select one string at a time to play. On guitars and lutes, the bridge can be flat, because the strings are played by plucking them with the fingers, fingernails or a pick; by moving the fingers or pick to different positions, the player can play different strings. On bowed instruments, the need to play ...
This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Percussion instruments (idiophones and membranophones) [ edit ]