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On the Spanish guitar the open-string chord is an Em11, while on the Russian guitar it is a G-major. While the Spanish guitar is tuned in fourths with one (major) third (G 3 –B 3), the Russian guitar is tuned in thirds (G 2 –B 2, B 2 –D 3, G 3 –B 3, and B 3 –D 3) with two fourths (D 2 –G 2, and D 3 –G 3): D 2 G 2 B 2 D 3 G 3 B 3 D 4
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, although classically trained balalaika purists avoid this tuning.
"The Guitar Player" by V.A. Tropinin (1823) The Russian guitar or gypsy guitar is a seven-string acoustic guitar tuned to the open G tuning (DGBDGBD), [5] which arrived or was developed early in the 19th century in Russia, possibly as a development of the cittern, the kobza and the torban.
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Russian spoons are used for traditional folk music in Russia (on YouTube) In the 1960s, folk music in Russia continued to ... (Semistrunka, Russian guitar), ...
Sychra holds a prominent position within Russia, where he is often referred to as the patriarch of the seven-string guitar, and also as its inventor, disputed though that may be. He was a major force in the development of Russian guitar music and one of its most prolific composers, as well as an important teacher who trained a number of students.
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It was thought that this instrument may have been an example of a domra, although at that time no illustrations or examples of the traditional domra were known to exist (the traditional domra was only known through numerous mentions in folklore, though examples existed of the dombra, a related Turkic instrument). A three-stringed version of ...