Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The jarana jarocha is a guitar-shaped fretted stringed instrument from the southern region of the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Typically strung with 8 strings in 5 courses, usually arranged in two single outer strings with three double-courses in between. The strings are usually nylon, although they were gut in the past.
Seven-string guitar; Tailed bridge guitar; Tenor guitar; Ten-string guitar; Twelve-string guitar; Guitaro; Guitarrón argentino (Argentina) Guitarrón mexicano (Mexico) Guitarrón chileno (Chile) Guqin (China) Gusli (Russia) Guzheng (China) Harp. Chromatic harp; Electric harp; Folk harp; Pedal Harp (a.k.a. concert harp) Triple harp; Harpsichord ...
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.
The octave mandolin (US and Canada) or octave mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted string instrument with four pairs of strings tuned in fifths, G−D−A−E (low to high). It is larger than the mandola , but smaller than the mandocello and its construction is similar to other instruments in the mandolin family.
8 strings 5 courses [*] G 4 G 3 •C 4 •D 4 D 3 •A 3 •D 4 D 4: Qonqhota, Ponputu, Mokholos, Machus South America 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 ...
This one has five courses of strings; 4 single strings and one set of double strings. Michael Praetorius detailed four tunings for the Mandore in his book Syntagma Musicum in 1619. He listed three tunings (with one repeated) for tuning the mandore. His tuning illustrates tuning for both 4-stringed instruments and 5-stringed instruments. [5]
This bouzouki has 10 strings arranged in 5 pairs, adding on an Octave G Course tuned G 2 G 3 in addition to the other 8 strings to extend the range so the tuning is G 2 G 3-C 3 C 4 –F 3 F 4 –A 3 A 3 –D 4 D 4 (a whole step below the 5 high strings of a guitar) which allows for extended Chords & versatility, & was popularized by ...
Zither (/ ˈ z ɪ ð ər, ˈ z ɪ θ-/; [1] German:, from the Greek cithara) is a class of stringed instruments. The modern instrument has many strings stretched across a thin, flat body. [1] [2] [3] Zithers are typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.