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referred to as
unfretted whereas instruments using the same
strings for
several notes are
called fretted.
Among the
advantages to
unfretted instruments are...
- strings,
placed above a guitar-like fretboard; 12
unfretted "accompaniment" strings;
followed by 12
unfretted "b****" strings;
followed by a
varying number...
- gjd.guitaraffair.com.
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Unfretted".
Unfretted.
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original on 2019-10-03.
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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...
- like the sitar, much less
influence on
intonation is
possible than on
unfretted instruments.
Since the
intonation of most
modern western fretted instruments...
-
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...
- 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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alone on an
unfretted fingerboard.
Frets may be fixed, as on a
guitar or mandolin, or movable, as on a lute.
Fingerboards may also be
unfretted, as they...
-
sounding part of a
string off the
fingerboard of
either a
fretted or
unfretted instrument. This intermediate- to
advanced playing technique is done using...
-
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...
