baritone guitar
Low-pitched fretted instrument
A baritone guitar is tuned lower than a standard guitar, typically a fourth or fifth below, producing a deeper, richer tone between guitar and bass.
The longer scale length accommodates heavier strings needed for lower tunings.
Baritone guitars appear in country, jazz, surf rock, and metal, where their rumbling low end fills out the sonic spectrum: The baritone guitar gave the track its brooding atmosphere.
Standard guitar configuration
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- pickupsOpen-bed work vehicles
- tuningAdjusting pitch accuracy
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
nut · headstock · tuners · luthier · intonation · amplification · gigbag · capo
Far from surface
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- warmthHeat you feel
- richnessState of abundance
- low-frequencyOccurring seldom or rarely
sonorous · rumble · booming · timbre · sustain · thick · growl · fullness
Hard conductive solid
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- sludgeSemi-solid waste material
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- countrySovereign state or territory
surf · ambient · experimental · indie · shoegaze · post-rock · western · cinematic
six-string
Standard guitar configuration
bridge · nut · headstock · tuners · luthier · intonation · amplification · gigbag · capo · plectrum
deep
Far from surface
low-frequency · sonorous · rumble · booming · timbre · sustain · thick · growl · fullness · clarity
metal
Hard conductive solid
country · surf · ambient · experimental · indie · shoegaze · post-rock · western · cinematic · alternative
strumming
Sweeping across guitar strings
- fingerstylePlucking strings directly
- chordsSimultaneous note combinations
- compingImprovised chordal accompaniment
arpeggios · slide · harmonics · bends · vibrato · legato · tapping · picking · power chords · drone
rhythm
Patterned stress and silence
- accompanimentSupplementary support element
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- riffsRepeated melodic figures
fills · texture · layering · melody · countermelody · hook · ostinato · pad · drone · doubling