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1 day ago · On pedal steel guitar, the most common tunings on double-neck instruments are the extended-chord C6 tuning and E9 tuning, sometimes known as the Texas and Nashville tunings respectively. [74] On a double-neck instrument, the neck nearest the player will normally be some form of C6, and the furthest neck E9.
May 26, 2024 · Whitesnake. Website. vai .com. Steven Siro Vai ( / ˈvaɪ /; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, [1] Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, [2] and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. [1]
May 25, 2024 · Fender Precision Bass. (Show more) electric guitar, guitar (plucked stringed musical instrument) that uses electronic amplification in order to be heard at a louder volume, by translating the vibrations of the strings into electrical currents. These electric signals are picked up and amplified by an external amplifier or a speaker.
May 18, 2024 · Duane Eddy was an American guitarist responsible for one of rock music’s elemental sounds, twang (resonant melodic riffs created on the bass strings of an electric guitar). One of early rock’s most influential and popular instrumentalists, Eddy had 15 Top 40 hits between 1958 and 1963.
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May 12, 2024 · Example 3 is inspired by “The Driving of the Year Nail,” the opening track of 6- and 12-String Guitar. To emulate Kottke’s signature sound, try playing the example on a 12-string guitar in standard tuning, but with all strings lowered by three half steps. Played in the key of G, the example uses primarily open G and C chord shapes.
May 29, 2024 · Andrés Segovia (born Feb. 21, 1893, Linares, Spain—died June 2, 1987, Madrid) was a Spanish musician acclaimed as the foremost guitarist of his time. He was the most important force in reestablishing the guitar as a concert instrument in the 20th century, chiefly through demonstrating its expressive and technical potential.
3 days ago · Lutes are stringed musical instruments that include a body and "a neck which serves both as a handle and as a means of stretching the strings beyond the body". [1] The lute family includes not only short-necked plucked lutes such as the lute, oud, pipa, guitar, citole, gittern, mandore, rubab, and gambus and long-necked plucked lutes such as ...
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