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Re-entrant Tuning
On a stringed instrument, a break in an otherwise ascending (or descending) order of string pitches is known as a re-entry. A re-entrant tuning, therefore, is a tuning which does not order all the strings (or more properly the course (music), courses) from the lowest pitch to the highest pitch (or vice versa). Most common re-entrant tunings have only one re-entry. In the case of the ukulele, for example, the re-entry is between the third and fourth strings, while in the case of the Venezuelan Cuatro (instrument), cuatro it is between the first and second strings. Instruments Instruments usually tuned in this way include: * Baroque guitar, Baroque (5-course) guitar * Five-string banjo * Charango * Cittern * Venezuelan Cuatro (instrument), Cuatro * Laouto * Lirone * Guitarrón mexicano, Mexican Guitarrón * Mexican vihuela * Rajão * Sitar * Theorbo * Tonkori * Soprano and concert ukuleles * Tres Cubano/Cuban Tres Instruments often (but not always) re-entrantly tuned include: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tenor Guitar
The tenor guitar or four-string guitar is a slightly smaller, four-string relative of the steel-string acoustic guitar or electric guitar. The instrument was initially developed in its acoustic form by Gibson and C.F. Martin so that players of the four-string tenor banjo could double on guitar. Construction Tenor guitars are four-stringed instruments normally made in the shape of a guitar, or sometimes with a lute-like pear shaped body or, more rarely, with a round banjo-like wooden body. They can be acoustic, electric or both and they can come in the form of flat top or archtop wood-bodied, metal-bodied resonator, or solid-bodied instruments. Tenor guitars normally have a scale length similar to that of the tenor banjo and octave mandolin of between . History and development The earliest origins of the tenor guitar are not clear, but it seems unlikely that a true four-stringed guitar-shaped tenor guitar appeared before the late 1920s. Gibson built the tenor lute TL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Charango Tuning V2
The charango is a small Andes, Andean stringed instrument of the lute family, from the Quechua people, Quechua and Aymara people, Aymara populations in the territory of the Altiplano in post-Colonial times, after European stringed instruments were introduced by the Spanish during colonization. The instrument is widespread throughout the Andean regions of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, northern Chile and northwestern Argentina, where it is a popular musical instrument that exists in many variant forms. About long, the charango was traditionally made with the shell from the back of an armadillo (called ''quirquincho'' or ''mulita'' in South American Spanish), but it can also be made of wood, which some believe to be a better resonator. Wood is more commonly used in modern instruments. Charangos for children may also be made from Lagenaria siceraria, calabash. Many contemporary charangos are now made with different types of wood. It typically has ten strings in five course (music), cours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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James Hill (Canadian Musician)
James Hill (born 1980) is a Canadian classically trained musician who has focused on the ukulele, both as his primary instrument and as a method of music instruction for school children. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia. He teaches the ukulele on his platforUketropolis which has several courses ranging from beginner to advanced. He is also the host of the Uketropolis podcast. Music education As a child, Hill benefited from a ukulele instructional program created by J. Chalmers Doane as shared in Teacher's Guide to Classroom Ukulele, 1977. The British Columbia school used Doane's system to teach music, and as a result, the Langley Ukulele Ensemble came into existence. Hill participated in the ensemble for over ten years. Hill envisioned creating a program to help spread this instrument and upon meeting Doane, they collaborated to create the "Ukulele in the Classroom" program in 2008. Hill seldom makes a concert appearance witho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Colombian Tiple
The Colombian tiple (in Spanish: ''tiple'', pronounced: ''tee-pleh'') is a plucked string instrument of the guitar family, common in Colombia where it is considered one of the national instruments. About three-fourths the size of a classical guitar, it has twelve strings set in four triple-strung courses. It is played as a main instrument or as an accompanying instrument to the guitar. Etymology According to the RAE the word tiple denotes an acute sound (treble). It also defines tiple as guitars of very acute sound; this, however, is contradictory as today's tiple can't be classified as an instrument of acute sound. The term tiple is also considered the Spanish word for treble. Traditional Colombian tiple should not be confused with the American tiple (aka "Martin" tiple) which are very different instruments in size, stringing, tuning, sound, application and technique. History Little is known about the beginnings of the Colombian tiple and its use in Colombia. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Eight-string Bass Guitar
An eight-string bass guitar is a type of bass guitar with double course strings normally tuned in octaves, with both strings in a course usually played simultaneously. As on a 12-string guitar, this produces a natural chorus effect due to the subtle differences in string pitch. 8-string bass guitars The eight-string bass guitar was invented by electrical engineer and musician Eric Krackow, who had played with Al Kooper's early band, The Aristo-Cats, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It bothered Eric that 50% of the quartet would be tied up with the guitar doubling the bass line while playing tunes like Jimi Hendrix's "Manic Depression". Eric, finding it too awkward to play the unison octaves himself on complex songs, remembered the 12-string guitar principle and made a prototype eight-string bass from a modified four-string bass. The bass was strung with paired, octaved strings, similar to those of a regular 12-string guitar. In 1967, Eric and business partner Steve Wittels brou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Twelve String Guitar
A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned in octaves, with those of the upper two courses tuned in unison. The gap between the strings within each dual-string course is narrow, and the strings of each course are fretted and plucked as a single unit. The neck is wider, to accommodate the extra strings, and is similar to the width of a classical guitar neck. The sound, particularly on acoustic instruments, is fuller and more harmonically resonant than six-string instruments. The 12-string guitar can be played like a 6-string guitar as players still use the same notes, chords and guitar techniques like a standard 6-string guitar, but advanced techniques can be challenging as players need to play or pluck two strings simultaneously. Structurally, 12-string guitars, especially those built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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E9 Tuning
E9 or E-9 may refer to: Roads and trails * European route E09 * European walking route E9 * E9, the Besraya Expressway in Malaysia * Kyoto Jūkan Expressway, San'in Kinki Expressway and San'in Expressway, route E9 in Japan Vehicles * BMW E9, a two-door coupé built for BMW by Karmann from 1968 to 1975 * EMD E9, a diesel locomotive * De Havilland Canada E-9A Widget, E-9A Widget, U.S. Air Force range control aircraft Other uses * E9 (countries) a forum of nine highly populated countries * E9 (Lie algebra) (''E''9), another name for the infinite dimensional affine Lie algebra * E9 tuning, a common tuning for steel guitar necks of more than six strings * E9, a baseball scorekeeping abbreviation for an error on the right fielder * E9, a postcode district in the E postcode area of the London postal district * Boston-Maine Airways IATA code * E-9, a U.S. uniformed services pay grade See also * 9E (other) {{Letter-Number Combination Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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C6 Tuning
C6, C06, C VI or C-6 may refer to: Vehicles Road * Chevrolet Corvette C6, a 2005 sports car * Cierva C.6, a 1924 Spanish autogyro * Citroën C6, a 2005 executive car * Sauber SHS C6, a 1982 Group C prototype racing car * Ford C6 transmission, a heavy-duty automatic transmission built by Ford Motor Company Air * AEG C.VI, a German World War I reconnaissance aircraft * DFW C.VI, a 1916 German reconnaissance aircraft * LVG C.VI, a 1917 German twin-seat reconnaissance aircraft * C-6 Ute, a military version of the Beechcraft King Air airplane Rail * Bavarian C VI, an 1899 German steam locomotive model * LNER Class C6, a class of British 3-cylinder compound locomotives Water * C-6, United States Army designation of the Sikorsky S-38 amphibious flying boat * HMS C6, HMS ''C6'', a 1906 British Royal Navy submarine * USS Olympia (C-6), USS ''Olympia'' (C-6), a 1892 United States Navy protected cruiser Anatomy and medicine * Complement component 6 (C6 protein) in the complement cascade sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Pedal Steel Guitar
The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play unlimited glissandi (sliding notes) and deep vibrati—characteristics it shares with the human voice. Pedal steel is most commonly associated with country music and Hawaiian music. Pedals were added to a lap steel guitar in 1940, allowing the performer to play a major scale without moving the bar and also to push the pedals while striking a chord, making passing notes slur or bend up into harmony with existing notes. The latter creates a unique sound that has been popular in country and western music—a sound not previously possible on steel guitars before pedals were added. From its first use in Hawaii in the 19th century, the steel guitar sound became popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th century and spawned a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Joe Beck
Joe Beck (July 29, 1945 – July 22, 2008) was an American jazz guitarist who was active for over 40 years. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Beck moved to Manhattan in his teens, playing six nights a week in a trio setting, which gave him an opportunity to meet various people working in the thriving New York music scene. By the time he was 18, Stan Getz hired him to record jingles, and in 1967 he recorded with Miles Davis. By 1968, at age 22, he was a member of the Gil Evans Orchestra. Beck described his early success in an interview near the end of his life: My career happened because I happened to be in the right place at the right time in a very unique time of jazz music. ...when I would finish a gig around two in the morning I would go around the corner to the Playboy Club and sit in with Monty Alexander and let Les Spann take a breather and I would finish the gig for him. Then we would go and listen to Kenny Burrell play around the corner or we would go up to Mintons and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Nashville Tuning (high Strung)
Nashville or high-strung tuning refers to the practice of replacing the Guitar string#Wound strings, wound E, A, D and G strings on a six-string guitar with lighter gauge strings to allow tuning an octave higher than Guitar tunings#Standard, standard. This is usually achieved by using one string from each of the six Course (music), courses of a Twelve-string guitar, twelve-string set, using the higher string for those courses tuned in octaves. The Pink Floyd song "Hey You (Pink Floyd song), Hey You" from the album ''The Wall'' and the Kansas (band), Kansas song "Dust in the Wind" from their ''Point of Know Return'' album use this form of guitar tuning. In "Hey You", David Gilmour replaced the low E string with a second high E (not a 12-string set, low E's octave string) such that it was two octaves up. The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses (The Rolling Stones song), Wild Horses" features a 12-string guitar played by Keith Richards and a guitar with Nashville tuning played by Mick Tayl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |