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Modern instruments typically have 3, 4, 5, or 6 strings, arranged in either three or four courses. Many possible string arrangements exist, but the following are typical: [10] 3-string: Three single-string courses. 4-string: Three courses, two single-strung; one double-strung. The doubled course is almost always the highest-pitched (melody) course.
In the Appalachian region of the U.S. in the nineteenth century, hammered dulcimers were rare. There, the word dulcimer, which was familiar from the King James Version of the Bible, was used to refer to a three or four stringed fretted instrument, generally played on the lap by strumming. Variants include: The original Appalachian dulcimer
The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer) is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more traditional styles may sit cross-legged on the floor, or in a more modern style may stand or sit at a ...
8 strings 4 courses. C 3 C 4 •F 3 F 4 •A 3 A 3 •D 4 D 4: Tetrachordo bouzouki Greece Standard aka "F 6 tuning" Bouzouki: 6 strings 3 courses. D 3 D 4 •A 3 A 3 •D 4 D 4: Trichordo bouzouki Greece Standard aka "F 6 tuning" Bouzouki, Irish ( See Irish bouzouki) ( See Irish bouzouki) Brac, 5 string 5 strings 4 courses. Standard/common: E ...
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This particular image is of the lower strings, which are thicker and wound with copper. Modern yangqin usually have 144 strings in total, with each pitch running in courses, with up to 5 strings per course, in order to boost the volume. The strings come in various thicknesses, and are tied at one end by screws, and at the other with tuning pegs.