- strings,
placed above a guitar-like fretboard; 12
unfretted "accompaniment" strings;
followed by 12
unfretted "b****" strings;
followed by a
varying number...
-
referred to as
unfretted whereas instruments using the same
strings for
several notes are
called fretted.
Among the
advantages to
unfretted instruments are...
- In
standard tuning (E A D G B E), four of the instrument's six open (
unfretted)
strings are part of the
tonic chord. The key of E
minor is also po****r...
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sometimes called portamento, over a
substantial range.
These include unfretted chordophones (such as the violin, viola,
cello and
double b****, and fretless...
-
tuning for the
Mixolydian mode),
where the
scale starts on the open (
unfretted) string. This
arrangement is
often found to be more
conducive to chord-melody...
- like the sitar, much less
influence on
intonation is
possible than on
unfretted instruments.
Since the
intonation of most
modern western fretted instruments...
-
frequently used in
combination with "open" chords,
where the guitar's open (
unfretted)
strings construct the chord.
Playing a
chord with the
barre technique...
- (bagpipe),
string instruments like
changi (harp),
chonguri (four
stringed unfretted long neck lute),
panduri (three
stringed fretted long neck lute), bowed...
-
range from A0 to A5.
Harpejjis use an
electronic muting system to
dampen unfretted strings and
minimize the
impact of
sympathetic vibrations.
About 500 harpejjis...
