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  2. Scale length (string instruments) - Wikipedia

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    For example, a 7/8 violin has a scale of about 317 mm, a 3/4-size instrument a scale of 307 mm, a half-size one 287 mm, and a quarter-size one 267 mm. 1/8, 1/10, 1/16 and 1/32 and even 1/64 violins also exist, becoming progressively smaller, but again in no proportional relationship. (A full-size instrument is described as 4/4.)

  3. Banjo ukulele - Wikipedia

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    The banjo ukulele neck typically has sixteen frets, and is the same scale length as a soprano or, less commonly, concert or tenor-sized ukulele. Banjo ukuleles may be open-backed, or may incorporate a resonator. Banjo ukulele heads were traditionally made of calf skin, but most modern instruments are fitted with synthetic heads. Some players ...

  4. Banjo - Wikipedia

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    The size of the five-string banjo is largely standardized, with a scale length of 26.25 in (667 mm), but smaller and larger sizes exist, including the long-neck or "Seeger neck" variation designed by Pete Seeger. Petite variations on the five-string banjo have been available since the 1890s.

  5. Mandolin-banjo - Wikipedia

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    The mandolin-banjo is a hybrid instrument, combining a banjo body with the neck and tuning of a mandolin. It is a soprano banjo. [1] It has been independently invented in more than one country, variously being called mandolin-banjo, banjo-mandolin, banjolin and banjourine in English-speaking countries, [2] banjoline and bandoline in France, [3 ...

  6. Bass banjo - Wikipedia

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    Advertising copy used the terms "bass banjo" and "cello banjo" to refer to the same instrument. Other banjo makers manufactured similar instruments, including A.C. Fairbanks, with a 12 + 3 ⁄ 8 in (310 mm) diameter head and a 29 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (750 mm) scale length [ 2 ] and A.A. Farland, with 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (320 mm) head and a 28 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ...

  7. Tenor guitar - Wikipedia

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    The "plectrum guitar" is a four-stringed guitar with a scale length of 26 to 27 inches (66 to 69 cm) and tunings usually based on the plectrum banjo, C 3 −G 3 −B 3 −D 4 or D 3 −G 3 −B 3 −D 4. They are also commonly tuned like a mandocello, C 2 −G 2 −D 3 −A 3, one octave down from the tenor guitar, much as the relationship ...

  8. Banjo guitar - Wikipedia

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    Banjo guitar, also known as banjitar [1] or ganjo, [2] is a six-string banjo tuned in the standard tuning of a six-string guitar (E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4 from lowest to highest strings). The instrument is intended to allow guitar players to emulate a banjo, without learning the different tuning and fingering techniques required for the standard five ...

  9. Bajo sexto - Wikipedia

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    The bajo sexto is a member of the guitar family, and physically looks like a cross between a 12-string guitar and a cello because of its size. However, there are important differences: The body is usually a bit deeper; the neck is shorter, joining the body at the 12th fret (modern 12-string guitars usually join at the 14th fret); and (being a ...

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