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  2. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Originally a 4- or 5-string instrument; today often nearly identical to a 6-string western guitar, except for having a scalloped fingerboard and one less string. (See below.) Luc huyen cam: 6 strings 6 courses. Standard/common: E 2 • A 2 • D 3 • G 3 • B 3 • E 4. Alternates: Day Rach-Gia: E 2 • A 2 • D 3 • G 3 • D 4 • G 4

  3. Tuning mechanisms for stringed instruments - Wikipedia

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    A variety of methods are used to tune different stringed instruments. Most change the pitch produced when the string is played by adjusting the tension of the strings. A tuning peg in a pegbox is perhaps the most common system. A peg has a grip or knob on it to allow it to be turned. A tuning pin is a tuning peg with a detachable grip, called a ...

  4. String vibration - Wikipedia

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    Vibration, standing waves in a string. The fundamental and the first 5 overtones in the harmonic series. A vibration in a string is a wave. Resonance causes a vibrating string to produce a sound with constant frequency, i.e. constant pitch. If the length or tension of the string is correctly adjusted, the sound produced is a musical tone.

  5. ASCII tab - Wikipedia

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    The string tunings at the left-hand side are often omitted. When notating entire songs, usually a note near the beginning of the tabulature tells the reader what tuning the instrument should be in. The number on each line refers to the fret as in guitar tab. Sometimes an 'x' means that the string should be played, but muted with either the left ...

  6. Musical tuning - Wikipedia

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    The pitches of open strings on a violin. Play ⓘ. In music, the term open string refers to the fundamental note of the unstopped, full string.. The strings of a guitar are normally tuned to fourths (excepting the G and B strings in standard tuning, which are tuned to a third), as are the strings of the bass guitar and double bass.

  7. Stretched tuning - Wikipedia

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    Stretched tuning is a detail of musical tuning, applied to wire-stringed musical instruments, older, non-digital electric pianos (such as the Fender Rhodes piano and Wurlitzer electric piano), and some sample-based synthesizers based on these instruments, to accommodate the natural inharmonicity of their vibrating elements.

  8. Archlute - Wikipedia

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    The archlute (Spanish: archilaúd, Italian: arciliuto, German: Erzlaute) is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo, [1] the size and re-entrant tuning of which made for difficulties in the performance of solo music, [2] and the Renaissance tenor lute, which lacked the bass range of the theorbo.

  9. Scordatura - Wikipedia

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    Scordatura ([skordaˈtuːra]; literally, Italian for "discord", or "mistuning") is a tuning of a string instrument that is different from the normal, standard tuning. [1] It typically attempts to allow special effects or unusual chords or timbre , or to make certain passages easier to play. [ 2 ]