seven strings
Standard guitar count
Seven strings refers to a guitar with an additional low string beyond the standard six, extending the instrument's bass range.
Associated primarily with metal and jazz fusion, the seven-string guitar allows heavier, lower-tuned riffs and expanded chord voicings: He switched to seven strings to get that djent sound.
The term appears as both noun and adjective: a seven-string guitar, playing seven strings.
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- harpPlucked orchestral strings
- lyreSmall plucked string instrument
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
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- violsviola da gamba
seven stringsbass guitar
Low-pitched stringed instrument
acoustic guitar · ukulele · classical guitar · mandolin · banjo
seven stringscountry guitar
Instrument for rural American music
blues guitar · classical guitar · folk guitar · flamenco guitar
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