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An eight-string guitar is a guitar with eight strings, or one more than the Russian guitar's seven. Eight-string guitars are less common than six- and seven-string guitars, but they are used by a few classical, jazz, and metal guitarists. The eight-string guitar allows a wider tonal range, or non-standard tunings (such as major-thirds tuning ...
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
The most common solo instrument is the prima, which is tuned E 4 –E 4 –A 4 (thus the two lower strings are tuned to the same pitch). Sometimes the balalaika is tuned "guitar style" by folk musicians to G 3 –B 3 –D 4 (mimicking the three highest strings of the Russian guitar ), whereby it is easier to play for Russian guitar players ...
This is a list of top international male singles tennis players, both past and present. It includes players who have met one or more of the following criteria in singles: Officially ranked among the top 25 players by the Association of Tennis Professionals (since 1973) Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) before 1973
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.
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 ...
The Clavinet is an electric clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982.The instrument produces sounds with rubber pads, each matching one of the keys and responding to a keystroke by striking a given point on a tensioned string, and was designed to resemble the Renaissance-era clavichord.
Alternatively, the shahrud may have given its name to the sarod. [4] The Persian word šāh-rūd is made up of šāh (shah or king) and rūd (string). [5] Many scholars of Indian classical music believe that the sarod is a combination of the ancient chitravina, the medieval Indian rabab and modern sursingar. [citation needed]