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  2. Tuning mechanisms for stringed instruments - Wikipedia

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    A tuning pin is a tuning peg with a detachable grip, called a tuning lever. The socket on the tuning lever fits over the pin and allows it to be turned. Tuning pins are used on instruments where there is no space for a knob on each string, such as pianos and harps. Turning the peg or pin tightens or loosens the string.

  3. Viola - Wikipedia

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    The viola (/ viˈoʊlə / vee-OH-lə, [ 1 ]Italian: [ˈvjɔːla, viˈɔːla]) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is ...

  4. Musical tuning - Wikipedia

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    Tuning is the process of adjusting the pitch of one or many tones from musical instruments to establish typical intervals between these tones. Tuning is usually based on a fixed reference, such as A = 440 Hz. The term " out of tune " refers to a pitch/tone that is either too high (sharp) or too low (flat) in relation to a given reference pitch.

  5. Standard tuning - Wikipedia

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    Mandola: C 3 G 3 D 4 A 4 (same as standard viola tuning) Mandolin: G 3 D 4 A 4 E 5 (same as standard violin tuning) Pipa: A 2 D 3 E 3 A 3 (most common and used in Chinese orchestra; several other tunings exist) Balalaika (Prima): E 4 E 4 A 4 (the two identical Es are on strings of different gauges) Requinto Jarocho: A 3 D 3 G 3 C 4 (G string ...

  6. Viola caipira - Wikipedia

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    The viola caipira, often simply viola or brazilian viola, [1] (Portuguese for country guitar) is a Brazilian ten-string guitar with five courses of strings arranged in pairs. [2] It was introduced in the state of São Paulo, where it is widely played as the basis for the música caipira, a type of folk - country music originating in the Caipira ...

  7. Portuguese guitar - Wikipedia

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    Portuguese guitar. The Portuguese guitar or Portuguese guitarra (Portuguese: guitarra portuguesa, pronounced [ɡiˈtaʁɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]) is a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings, strung in six courses of two strings. It is one of the few musical instruments that still uses watch-key or Preston tuners.

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