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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 ...
The Bolin alto guitar most often has eleven strings, but a thirteen-string version also exists. The eleven-string alto guitar is played by guitarists such as John Francis, Stefan Östersjö and Göran Söllscher and is often used in performances of Bach on the guitar. The 11-string archguitar built by American luthier Walter Stanul is played by ...
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Pelham Puppets were simple wooden marionette puppets made in England by Bob Pelham (1919–1980), starting in 1947. While mainly known for making marionettes, his company also manufactured glove puppets, rod puppets and ventriloquist puppets. The company ceased to trade in 1993 and some of its products became collectable.
D Tuning, also called One Step Lower, Whole Step Down, Full Step or D Standard, is another alternative. Each string is lowered by a whole tone (two semitones) resulting in D-G-C-F-A-D . It is used mostly by heavy metal bands to achieve a heavier, deeper sound, and by blues guitarists, who use it to accommodate string bending and by 12-string ...
A distinct feature that sets kokles apart from most of the other string instruments is that the strings don't rest on a bridge, making the sound quieter, but richer in timbre. Wooden (or sometimes metal) tuning pegs (tapas) are set into the wide tip of the body, while at the narrow tip is a metal rod (stīgturis) upon which the strings are ...
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The seventh string is also likely to have been influenced by the harp as it is meant to played arpeggiated. [7] It also happens that the open D tuning was a perfect fourth lower than the six string tuning. [8] The open D string tuning of this guitar was convenient for many Russian folk songs and dances that were typically within the major key.